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en·rich·ment

   [en-rich-muhnt]
noun
1.
an act of enriching.
2.
the state of being enriched.
3.
something that enriches: the enrichments of education and travel.
Origin:
1620–30; enrich + -ment

Related forms
self-en·rich·ment, noun
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enrich (ɪnˈrɪtʃ)
 
—vb
1.  to increase the wealth of
2.  to endow with fine or desirable qualities: to enrich one's experience by travelling
3.  to make more beautiful; adorn; decorate: a robe enriched with jewels
4.  to improve in quality, colour, flavour, etc
5.  to increase the food value of by adding nutrients: to enrich dog biscuits with calcium
6.  to make (soil) more productive, esp by adding fertilizer
7.  physics to increase the concentration or abundance of one component or isotope in (a solution or mixture); concentrate: to enrich a solution by evaporation; enrich a nuclear fuel
 
en'riched
 
—adj
 
en'richer
 
—n
 
en'richment
 
—n

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enrichment
1620s, from enrich + -ment.
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