enrich

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ENRICH', verb transitive 1. To make rich, wealthy or opulent; to supply with abundant property. Agriculture, commerce and manufactures enrich a nation. War and plunder seldom enrich more generally they impoverish a country. 2. To fertilize; to supply with the nutriment of plants and render productive; as, to enrich land by manures or irrigation. 3. To store; to supply with an abundance of any thing desirable; as, to enrich the mind with knowledge, science or useful observations. 4. To supply with any thing splendid or ornamental; as, to enrich a pointing with elegant drapery; to enrich a poem or oration with striking metaphors or images; to enrich a garden with flowers or shrubbery.
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