ENRICH

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~ir, ~er, from en- + riche rich Date: 14th century to make rich or richer especially by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute, or ingredient , to add beauty to ; adorn , to enhance the taste of , to make (a soil) more fertile, to improve the nutritive value of (a food) by adding nutrients (as vitamins or amino acids) and especially by restoring part of the nutrients lost in processing , to process so as to add or increase the proportion of a desirable ingredient , ~er noun ~ment noun