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en⋅rich

[en-rich]

–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.	to make finer in quality, as by supplying desirable elements or ingredients: to enrich soil.

6.	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.

Nutrition.

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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME enrichen < OF enrichir. See en- ¹ , rich

Related forms:

en⋅rich⋅er, noun

en⋅rich⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. elevate, improve, enhance, endow.

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en·rich (ěn-rĭch')

tr.v. en·riched, en·rich·ing, en·rich·es

To make rich or richer.
To make fuller, more meaningful, or more rewarding: An appreciation of art will enrich your life.
To add fertilizer to.
To add nutrients to: The dairy enriched its milk with vitamin D.
To add to the beauty or character of; adorn: "Glittering tears enriched her eyes" (Arnold Bennett).
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.]
en·rich'er n.

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