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To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge. Seeing, Lord, your great mercy Us hath enriched so openly. Chaucer's Dream.

The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h . The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard tempera…

efore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine. push the envelope Increase the capability of some type of machine or system; -- usu. by technological development.

action of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1º 20'.

A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.

Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. "Exasperation of the fits." Sir H. Wotton.

An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.

To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

-- Expanding pulley (Mach.), a pulley so made, as in sections, that its diameter can be increased or diminished.

Enlargement or extension of business transaction; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.

The quality or state of being suitable for exportation. To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.

To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham.

te of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

e keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. -- False key, a picklock. -- False leg. (Zoöl.) See Proleg. -- False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane…

support; promotion; befriending. But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52.

A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.…