enrich

== English == === Alternative forms === inrich (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. By surface analysis, en- +‎ rich. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪtʃ === Verb === enrich (third-person singular simple present enriches, present participle enriching, simple past and past participle enriched) (transitive) To enhance. (transitive) To make (someone or something) rich or richer. [from 14th c.] Synonym: endow Antonyms: impoverish, lean, derich, disenrich (transitive) To adorn, ornate more richly. [from 17th c.] (transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from 17th c.] Antonym: impoverish (physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from 20th c.] Antonyms: deplete, downblend (transitive) To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify. (chemistry) To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== look out for number one every man for himself feather one's nest/feather one's own nest === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Enrich”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 198, column 2. === Anagrams === Rhenic, incher, nicher, rhenic, richen