Enhanced
[ɪn'hɑːnst] or [ɪn'hænst]
Definition
(adj.) increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality; 'her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup'; 'careful cleaning was responsible for the enhanced value of the painting' .
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Enhance
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Examples
- Riches became mine, wealth poured in upon me, and I rioted in pleasures enhanced a thousandfold to me by the consciousness of my well-kept secret. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- While thus lessening the cost of time-keepers their value has been enhanced by increasing their accuracy and durability. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The increasing facilities of communication enhanced this tendency and depleted Dublin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Night was setting in, and its bleakness was enhanced by the contrast of the pictured fire glowing and gleaming in the window-pane. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This greatly increased the price of diamonds, but enhanced their brilliancy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When full grown the Big Trees are proportionate and symmetrical in girth and height and the beauty of the tree is enhanced by flutings that traverse the bark from the base to the apex. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The impatience of Cedric had been rather enhanced than diminished by his confinement. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When they develop in the direction of an enhanced appreciation of the immediate qualities which appeal to taste, they grow into fine arts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Perhaps it is enhanced by a certain yellow play in Lady Tippins's throat, like the legs of scratching poultry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her resolution not to enter on the question with him, and his knowledge of her indomitable character, enhanced his sense of helplessness. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The merit of their beauty is greatly enhanced by their scarcity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Instead of being ruined, my good sir, you will find that your reputation has been enormously enhanced. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What I had heard was, I think, a wild J?ger chorus; the night, the space, the scene, and my own moodhad but enhanced the sounds and their impression. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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