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en·rich

 (ĕn-rĭch′)
tr.v. en·riched, en·rich·ing, en·rich·es
1. To make rich or richer.
2. To make fuller, more meaningful, or more rewarding: An appreciation of art will enrich your life.
3. To add fertilizer to.
4. To add a nutrient or nutrients to: a government program to enrich flour with folic acid.
5. To add to the beauty or character of; adorn: "Glittering tears enriched her eyes" (Arnold Bennett).
6. Physics To increase the amount of one or more radioactive isotopes in (a material, especially a nuclear fuel).

[Middle English enrichen, from Old French enrichier : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + riche, rich; see rich.]

en·rich′er n.
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enrich

(ɪnˈrɪtʃ)
vb (tr)
1. to increase the wealth of
2. to endow with fine or desirable qualities: to enrich one's experience by travelling.
3. to make more beautiful; adorn; decorate: a robe enriched with jewels.
4. to improve in quality, colour, flavour, etc
5. (Cookery) to increase the food value of by adding nutrients: to enrich dog biscuits with calcium.
6. (Agriculture) to make (soil) more productive, esp by adding fertilizer
7. (Chemistry) physics to increase the concentration or abundance of one component or isotope in (a solution or mixture); concentrate: to enrich a solution by evaporation; enrich a nuclear fuel.
enˈriched adj
enˈricher n
enˈrichment n
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en•rich

(ɛnˈrɪtʃ)

v.t.
1. to supply with riches or wealth.
2. to supply with abundance of anything desirable: new words that have enriched the language.
3. to add greater value or significance to: Art can enrich life.
4. to adorn or decorate.
5. to improve in quality or productivity, as by adding desirable ingredients: to enrich soil.
6. to increase the proportion of a valuable mineral or isotope in: fuel enriched with uranium 235.
7.
a. to restore to (a food) a nutrient lost in processing: enriched flour.
b. to add vitamins and minerals to (food) to enhance its nutritive value.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Old French enrichir]
en•rich′er, n.
en•rich′ing•ly, adv.
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enrich


Past participle: enriched
Gerund: enriching

Imperative
enrich
enrich
Present
I enrich
you enrich
he/she/it enriches
we enrich
you enrich
they enrich
Preterite
I enriched
you enriched
he/she/it enriched
we enriched
you enriched
they enriched
Present Continuous
I am enriching
you are enriching
he/she/it is enriching
we are enriching
you are enriching
they are enriching
Present Perfect
I have enriched
you have enriched
he/she/it has enriched
we have enriched
you have enriched
they have enriched
Past Continuous
I was enriching
you were enriching
he/she/it was enriching
we were enriching
you were enriching
they were enriching
Past Perfect
I had enriched
you had enriched
he/she/it had enriched
we had enriched
you had enriched
they had enriched
Future
I will enrich
you will enrich
he/she/it will enrich
we will enrich
you will enrich
they will enrich
Future Perfect
I will have enriched
you will have enriched
he/she/it will have enriched
we will have enriched
you will have enriched
they will have enriched
Future Continuous
I will be enriching
you will be enriching
he/she/it will be enriching
we will be enriching
you will be enriching
they will be enriching
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been enriching
you have been enriching
he/she/it has been enriching
we have been enriching
you have been enriching
they have been enriching
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been enriching
you will have been enriching
he/she/it will have been enriching
we will have been enriching
you will have been enriching
they will have been enriching
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been enriching
you had been enriching
he/she/it had been enriching
we had been enriching
you had been enriching
they had been enriching
Conditional
I would enrich
you would enrich
he/she/it would enrich
we would enrich
you would enrich
they would enrich
Past Conditional
I would have enriched
you would have enriched
he/she/it would have enriched
we would have enriched
you would have enriched
they would have enriched
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
fill out, round out - make bigger or better or more complete
throttle, choke - reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"
ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
fertilize, fertilise, feed - provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
impoverish, deprive - take away
2.enrich - make wealthy or richer; "the oil boom enriched a lot of local people"
add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
feather one's nest - enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position; "The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business"
impoverish - make poor
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enrich

verb
1. enhance, develop, improve, boost, supplement, refine, cultivate, heighten, endow, augment, ameliorate, aggrandize Vivid fantasies can enrich your sex life.
2. make rich, make wealthy, make affluent, make prosperous, make well-off He enriched himself at the expense of others.
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enrich

verb
To make fertile:
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Translations
berigeforbedre
gazdagít
auîga; efnabæta
praturtinti
bagātinātuzlabot
zengin etmekzenginleştirmek

enrich

[ɪnˈrɪtʃ] VT
1. (= improve)
1.1. [+ sb's life, society, language] → enriquecer
it was an enriching experiencefue una experiencia enriquecedora
1.2. [+ food] → enriquecer; [+ soil] → fertilizar, abonar
1.3. (Phys) [+ uranium] → enriquecer
2. (= make wealthy) → enriquecer
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enrich

[ɪnˈrɪtʃ] vt
(= improve) [+ person, life, collection] → enrichir
(financially)enrichir
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enrich

vtbereichern; soil, foodanreichern; to enrich oneselfsich bereichern; to enrich one’s lifesein Leben bereichern
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enrich

[ɪnˈrɪtʃ] vtarricchire
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enrich

(inˈritʃ) verb
to improve the quality of. Fertilizers enrich the soil; Reading enriches the mind; an enriching (= useful and enjoyable) experience.
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enrich

vt. enriquecer.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

enrich

vt enriquecer
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References in classic literature ?
The ways to enrich are many, and most of them foul.
So great had been the expense of his tour that, even had he won, it would not have enriched him; and it is probable that he had not sought to enrich himself, being a man who rather laid wagers for honour's sake than for the stake proposed.
To suffer the Jew to pay himself would be dishonest, for it would be cheating my master; and unreasonable, for it were the part of a fool; and unchristian, since it would be plundering a believer to enrich an infidel.''
In that part of the western division of this kingdom which is commonly called Somersetshire, there lately lived, and perhaps lives still, a gentleman whose name was Allworthy, and who might well be called the favourite of both nature and fortune; for both of these seem to have contended which should bless and enrich him most.
Nay, indeed, death does not so much rob as enrich the gifts of love.
I have set them in my window as the most conspicuous place possible, while on the floor I have placed a bench for my other flowers to stand on (since you are good enough to enrich me with such presents).
Their short and simple annals could be eked out by confidences which would not appreciably enrich the materials of the literary history of their time, and it seems better to leave them to the imagination of such posterity as they may reach.
He only wanted to aggrandise and enrich himself; and if Miss Woodhouse of Hartfield, the heiress of thirty thousand pounds, were not quite so easily obtained as he had fancied, he would soon try for Miss Somebody else with twenty, or with ten.
"My brother--since I can no longer treat as a slave one who has enriched me thus--take your liberty and may Heaven prosper you.
It is not likely that the Mediterranean will ever behold a battle with a greater issue; but when the time comes for another historical fight its bottom will be enriched as never before by a quantity of jagged scrap-iron, paid for at pretty nearly its weight of gold by the deluded populations inhabiting the isles and continents of this planet.
On re-entering the cloister, the archdeacon found at the door of his cell his brother Jehan du Moulin, who was waiting for him, and who had beguiled the tedium of waiting by drawing on the wall with a bit of charcoal, a profile of his elder brother, enriched with a monstrous nose.
It was made of small juicy clams, scarcely bigger than hazel nuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit, and salted pork cut up into little flakes; the whole enriched with butter, and plentifully seasoned with pepper and salt.