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enhance

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To raise or lift up; to exalt.

To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.

To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body. Christian Dior

Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace. Christian Dior

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favours. Oliver Goldsmith

She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well and, if we so desire, it is legitimate to enhance it and color it to make our journey through life less trying. Isabel Allende

Honesty and kindness enhance every beauty. Sicilian Proverb

Quarrels enhance the pleasures of love. Latin Proverb

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