enh‘ans.

To raise; to lift; applied to material things by Spenser, but this application is entirely obsolete.

To raise; to advance; to highthen; applied to price or value. War enhances the price of provisions; it enhances rents, and the value of lands.

To raise; applied to qualities, quantity, pleasures, enjoymentsPleasure is enhanced by the difficulty of obtaining it.

To increase; to aggravate. The guilt of a crime may be enhanced by circumstances.

enh’ans. To be raised; to swell; to grow larger. A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.