Enriching
[ɪn'rɪtʃ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enrich
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Examples
- 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.
- By it we are led to share vicariously in past human experience, thus widening and enriching the experience of the present. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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