Synonyms for enrich


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-rich
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈrɪtʃ

Top 10 synonyms for enrich Other synonyms for the word enrich

Définition of enrich

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to make wealthy," from Old French enrichir "enrich, enlarge," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + riche "rich" (see rich).
  • Figurative sense is from 1590s. Scientific sense of "to increase the abundance of a particular isotope in some material" is first attested 1945. Related: Enriched; enriching.
  • verb improve, embellish
Example sentences :
  • In other words, they bequeath us a treasure which we are free to enrich with our own discoveries.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • These may at any rate be held to enrich themselves in depriving others.
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • That consummation devoutly to be wished, was to enrich them all.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • And let it be something to enrich us, or at least to keep us alive without work.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • At the same time much was done to enrich the old Templars' church.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • To enrich others, it is not necessary that I should be wealthy myself.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • There is scarcely any department of chemistry which he did not enrich by his discoveries.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. » by Various
  • He hoped to enrich himself by it, and succeeded in doing so; but he had other motives.
  • Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison
  • Have you any concepts which you are working very hard to enrich?
  • Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
  • You're only fit to enrich the bone-yard—hardly that; perhaps only for lawyers to get fees of.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams

Antonyms for enrich

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