Verb

(es)

To make (someone) rich or richer.

To adorn, ornate more richly.

To improve the state of something.

Hobbies enrich lives.

To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize.

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(physics) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel.

To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify

Verb

(es)

To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

* Bible, Is. xliv. 14

He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

To support; to maintain.

* Shakespeare

I in Ireland nourish a mighty band.

To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.

To cherish; to comfort.

* Bible, James v. 5

Ye have nourished your hearts.

To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.

* Bible, 1 Timothy iv. 6

Nourished up in the words of faith.

(Chaucer)

To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

(obsolete) To gain nourishment.

(Francis Bacon)