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enrich

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/

The English word “enrich” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To enhance.
  2. To make (someone or something) rich or richer.
  3. To adorn, ornate more richly.
  4. To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.
  5. To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.
  6. To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify.
  7. To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.

Etymology

From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. By surface analysis, en- + rich.

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