enhance
v.v. to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something. You use this when you want to say something is getting better or more valuable.
v. to augment or increase the quality, value, or extent of something. Often used in academic or professional contexts to describe positive incremental improvements.
You can use salt to enhance the flavor of the soup.
The company plans to enhance its mobile app by adding several new security features next month.
The researchers argued that while the new policy might enhance short-term productivity, it could potentially undermine long-term employee morale if not implemented with care.
From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence.
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object. It is frequently used in the passive voice in formal reports.
The weather enhanced today.The weather improved today.Enhance is transitive and requires an object; you cannot use it to say something simply got better on its own.