Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make rich.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become rich; become superior in quality, composition, or effectiveness; specifically, to gain richness of color; become heightened or intensified in brilliancy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make or render
rich orricher . - verb intransitive To become rich or richer; become superior in quality, condition or effectiveness.
- verb intransitive, of a colour To gain richness; become heightened or intensified in brilliancy.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word richen.
Examples
-
I know the lore of the game world, I have an insight into the roles and personalities of many of the Pokemon, and I even recall their attributes, strengths and weaknesses from seeing them presented in the context of the cartoon, in a way that helps richen the gameplay.
Archive 2008-02-01 SVGL 2008
-
Beyond that, there is a classic hero theme, complete with a tragic flaw, to richen the drama.
-
There are a lot of people skeptical about web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0, but there can be little doubt that new tools are being used every day to richen and accelerate the information that knowledge workers use.
-
There are a lot of people skeptical about web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0, but there can be little doubt that new tools are being used every day to richen and accelerate the information that knowledge workers use.
-
Elsewhere reached the land, bloomgrain ripening yellow, dun paperleaf, verdant pastures for herdlings, violet richen orchards, tall stands of shipwood.
Genesis ANDERSON, Poul 2000
-
He himself tells us that he was in the service of the Counts of Montfort and from the anonymous continuator of the "Weltchronik" we learn that the poet died "in welschen richen", i.e. in Italy, whither he had probably gone with King Konrad
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
-
To get the correct likeness of Naples we merely reduce the priests by one-half and increase the beggars by two-thirds; we richen the color masses, thicken the dirt, raise the smells to the Nth degree, and set half the populace to singing.
Europe Revised 1910
-
Welschen und in Tiutschen richen_, 'in all Welsh and Teutonic kingdoms.'
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
-
Give our lives room to grow to truth, and they will grow to symmetry; give them leave to ripen, and they will richen too.
Heart's-ease Phillips Brooks 1864
-
It is just another ploy to inflate stocks to richen Wall St. and watch them take profits out tomorrow.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.