enhauncen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enhauncer, from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre.

The second /n/ is an unetymological excrescence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛnˈ(h)au̯nsən/, /ɛnˈ(h)ansən/, /an-/

Verb

enhauncen (third-person singular simple present enhaunceth, present participle enhauncende, enhauncynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle enhaunced)

  1. To lift, heighten, or raise up.
  2. To improve or promote someone:
    1. To extol or gladden; to give praise to.
    2. To honour; to give a high office or dignity.
    3. To provide with knowledge, wealth or power.
  3. To feel conceited or vain; to have excessive pride.
  4. (rare) To instill pride or vanity; to make vain.
  5. (rare) To make (a source of sound) louder or more prominent.
  6. (rare) To become wealthy or expensive.
  7. (rare, astrology) To be influential (of a planet).

Conjugation

Conjugation of enhauncen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) enhauncen, enhaunce
present tense past tense
1st-person singular enhaunce enhaunced
2nd-person singular enhauncest enhauncedest
3rd-person singular enhaunceth enhaunced
subjunctive singular enhaunce
imperative singular —
plural1 enhauncen, enhaunce enhaunceden, enhauncede
imperative plural enhaunceth, enhaunce —
participles enhauncynge, enhauncende enhaunced

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: enhance

References

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