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▪ I. enriching, vbl. n.|ɛnˈrɪtʃɪŋ| [f. enrich v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb enrich.
1494Fabyan vi. cxci. 194 Lothayr spoyled the kynges paleys and other places, to the great enrychynge of hym and his hoost. 1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 29 This enritching of memory..which..we call learning. 1677A. Yarranton Engl. Improv. 144 Made here of our own growth, to the Nations great enriching. 1812Cobbett in Exam. 19 Oct. 671/2 The enriching and pampering of those who render no public service. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Relig. Wks. (Bohn) II. 101 The wise legislator..will shun the enriching of priests. ▪ II. enriching, ppl. a.|ɛnˈrɪtʃɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That enriches; in the senses of the vb.
1674J. B[rian] Harv. Home iv. 25 Rain down from heav'n enriching floods. 1674Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 587 Your advice and assistance will be obliging and enriching to the commonwealth of learning. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 268 Or lay enriching manure on the most barren ground. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel v. 250 The enriching neighbourhood of the sea of Galilee to Naphtali. 1958Times 2 June p. iii/1 Gas released as a by-product from a neighbouring petrochemical industry has been used for some years on a small scale as an enriching gas at Partington gas works. Hence enˈrichingly adv.
1817J. Gilchrist Intellect. Patrimony 111 The operation is at first toilsome; but it is enrichingly profitable. 1865R. Paul Let. in Mem. xix. (1872) 322 Let the word of Christ dwell in you enrichingly. |