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to richen

to richen

4.9
To get more money or make something better
  • verb
  • /ˈrɪtʃən/
translation icon : enriquecer
  • The new investment helped to richen the company's assets significantly.

Examples

  • Adding spices can greatly richen the flavor of a dish.

  • And richen it a little bit.

    The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)

  • That richens things up a bit, does it not Richens.

  • She decided to richen her garden soil with compost to improve plant growth.

Synonyms

to enrich
vsto richen
42 3.9

To make a person or country richer by giving them money

can also mean become more wealthy rather than only make others gain money

Antonyms

to impoverish
14 6.7

Make a person, community, or land poor

How Rich

to richen
4.9
to maintain
123 3.4
to diminish
201 3.7
to impoverish
14 6.7

Surface Forms

richen infinitive
richened past
richened past participle
richening present participle
richens third person singular

Morphology

richen = rich (transparent) = rich + en

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-en' to the adjective 'rich' to mean 'make or become rich', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Richen is formed from the everyday word rich plus the verb ending -en, like in widen or brighten. So it literally means 'to make rich' or 'to become richer'.