Enhancive

/ɪnˈhænsɪv/ adjective

Definition

Serving to enhance, improve, or make something better or more attractive.

Etymology

From enhance (from Old French enhancier, meaning 'to raise up') + -ive (suffix meaning 'having the quality of'). It describes something that has the quality of making things better.

Kelly Says

While 'enhancing' is common, 'enhancive' is rarer and more formal—it describes anything with the power to improve something else, like how a good teacher has an enhancive effect on students.

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