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verb (used with object)
1.
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
2.
to supply with abundance of anything desirable: to enrich the mind with knowledge.
3.
to add greater value or significance to: Art enriches life.
4.
to adorn or decorate: a picture frame enriched with gold.
5.
EXPANDto make finer in quality, as by supplying desirable elements or ingredients: to enrich soil.
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to increase the proportion of a valuable mineral or isotope in (a substance or material): The fuel was enriched with uranium 235 for the nuclear reactor.
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COLLAPSENutrition.
a.
to restore to (a food) a nutrient that has been lost during an early stage of processing: to enrich flour with thiamine, iron, niacin, and riboflavin.
b.
to add vitamins and minerals to (food) to enhance its nutritive value.
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Enriching
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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enrich
late 14c., "to make wealthy," from O.Fr. enrichir, from en- "make, put in" + riche "rich" (see rich). Scientific sense of "to increase the abundance of a particular isotope in some material" is first attested 1945. Related: Enriched; enriching.
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