Enrich
[ɪn'rɪtʃ;en-] or [ɪn'rɪtʃ]
Definition
(verb.) make better or improve in quality; 'The experience enriched her understanding'; 'enriched foods'.
(verb.) make wealthy or richer; 'the oil boom enriched a lot of local people'.
Checker: Rowena--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.
(v. t.) To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.
(v. t.) To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.
(v. t.) To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind.
Editor: Martin
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Endow, make rich, make wealthy.[2]. Fertilize, make productive.[3]. Store, supply abundantly.[4]. Adorn, decorate, deck, ornament, embellish.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Aggrandize, endow, store, augment, fertilize, decorate, enhance
ANT:Impoverish, reduce, rob, beggar, fleece, denude, disfigure
Checker: Wade
Definition
v.t. to make rich: to fertilise: to adorn: to enhance.—n. Enrich′ment act of enriching; that which enriches.
Checked by Freda
Examples
- We must then pay the salaries in order to enrich ourselves with these places. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- No such importation of novelties could enrich their intellectual stores at present. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Restore to thy master that which is his due, and enrich thyself with the remainder. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Socrates replied, 'Would not the way to enrich the republic be to increase its revenue? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They animate and enrich the ordinary course of life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Its ultimate object, however, it pretends, is always the same, to enrich the country by an advantageous balance of trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The air that would be healthful to the earth, the water that would enrich it, the heat that would ripen it, tear it when caged up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It is not by the importation of gold and silver that the discovery of America has enriched Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In all great ages art and science have enriched each other. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Its time of flowers, and even of fruits, was over; but a scantling of apples enriched the trees. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Physical astronomy, physical geography, meteorology, ph ysics, chemistry, geology, botany, anatomy, physiology, embryology, and zo?logy were enriched by his teaching. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The merchants knew perfectly in what manner it enriched themselves, it was their business to know it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But to know in what manner it enriched the country, was no part of their business. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is one of its many admirable expedients for enriching the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When nitrogen gas is in contact with heated calcium carbide, a reaction takes place which results in the formation of calcium nitride, a compound suitable for enriching the soil. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I see the good old man, so long their friend, in ten years' time enriching them with all he has, and passing tranquilly to his reward. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- More important modes of progress consist in enriching prior purposes and in forming new ones. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Its two great engines for enriching the country, therefore, were restraints upon importation, and encouragement to exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It shows the sciences rising from daily needs and occupations, formulated by philosophy, enriching philosophy, giving rise to new industries, which react in turn upon the sciences. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He had been enriching his medical attendant in the most lavish manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For poverty enriches those who live above it, and is a sure passport to truly hospitable spirits. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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