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

self-en·rich·ment, noun
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enrich (ɪnˈrɪtʃ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Example sentences
In other areas highly palatable species will be planted for animal enrichment.
Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the
  further enrichment of the opulent.
The elephants are among the animals involved in behavioral enrichment programs
  at the zoo.
What he wants is to give as many students as possible the opportunity for
  personal enrichment and a brighter future.
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