enrich
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-Norman enrichir.
[edit] Verb
enrich (third-person singular simple present enriches, present participle enriching, simple past and past participle enriched)
- (transitive) To make (someone) rich or richer.
- (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly.
- (transitive) To improve the state of something.
- Hobbies enrich lives.
- (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
- (physics) (transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
- (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify
[edit] Synonyms
- (to make rich(er)): endow
[edit] Antonyms
- (to make rich(er)): impoverish
- (to fertilize): impoverish
- (to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes): deplete
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[edit] Translations
to make rich(er)
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to adorn, ornate more richly
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to improve state
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to add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize
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to increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes
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to add nutrients to foodstuffs
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