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Enhance

To raise or lift up; to exalt.

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Ameliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Amend 76% connected

To change or modify in any way for the better

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compound 76% connected

In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

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Deepen 76% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Heighten 76% connected

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Improve 76% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

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Intensify 76% connected

To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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Potentiate 76% connected

To render active or potent.

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Retouch 76% connected

To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.

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Enhancement 74% connected

The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enhancement 74% connected

The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Foil 74% connected

To tread under foot; to trample.

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Foil 74% connected

To tread under foot; to trample.

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Synonym 2

Heighten 92% connected

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raise 92% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Improve 92% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

general 78% interchangeable

Enhance overlaps with improve, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Professional alternative 1

Improve 90% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

quality 76% interchangeable less formal softer

Enhance suggests increasing quality, value or effectiveness.

Improve the service. / Enhance the service.
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