English
enrich
Etymology

From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/
Verb

enrich (enriches, present participle enriching; simple past and past participle enriched)

  1. (transitive) To enhance.
  2. (transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from 14th c.]
    Hobbies enrich lives.
    The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture.
    Synonyms: endow
    Antonyms: impoverish, lean, derich, disenrich
  3. (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly. [from 17th c.]
  4. (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from 17th c.]
    Antonyms: impoverish
  5. (physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from 20th c.]
    Antonyms: deplete
    Antonyms: downblend
  6. (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.
  7. (chemistry) To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.
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