enrich

(ĕn-rĭch')
tr.v., -riched, -rich·ing, -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 nutrients to: The dairy enriched its milk with vitamin D.
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.]

enricher en·rich'er n.

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verb

To make fertile: fecundate, fertilize. See rich/poor.

v

Definition: improve, embellish
Antonyms: decrease, deplete, impoverish, reduce, take

IN BRIEF: To make better in value or quality.

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. — Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).

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The process of making a fuel-air mixture richer by increasing the ratio of fuel in the mixture.

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to increase in content or abundance; e.g. to increase the abundance of one (usually stable) nuclide of an element above its naturally occurring level; to increase the content in a foodstuff of one or more specific nutrients (such as vitamins or minerals) above the natural level. —enrichment n.

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• Cooking Techniques - enrich: (vb) restore nutrients that have been lost in processing

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See words rhyming with "enrich."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Enrich.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - berige, tilsætte, pryde, forbedre

Nederlands (Dutch)
verrijken (smaak/ schoonheid/grond etc.)

Français (French)
v. tr. - enrichir (qn, qch), enrichir en (une nourriture), fertiliser (un sol), amender, (Phys) enrichir

Deutsch (German)
v. - bereichern, anreichern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εμπλουτίζω, (μτφ.) διανθίζω, ποικίλλω

Italiano (Italian)
arricchire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enriquecer, valorizar

Русский (Russian)
обогащать, удобрять, пополнять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - enriquecer, realzar (el gusto, el olor, etc.)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra rik, pryda, anrika

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使富裕, 使肥沃, 使丰富, 装饰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使富裕, 使肥沃, 使豐富, 裝飾

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 부유하게 하다, 짙게 하다, 영양가를 높이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 裕福にする, 豊かにする, 肥やす, 栄養価を高める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يثري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העשיר, שיפר, השביח‬

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