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richen

UK/ˈɹɪt͡ʃən/

richen verb: to make or render rich or richer.

Verb

richen (third-person singular simple present richens, present participle richening, simple past and past participle richened)

  1. (transitive) To make or render rich or richer.
    Synonyms:
    enrich, enrichen
  2. (intransitive) To become rich or richer; become superior in quality, condition or effectiveness.
  3. (intransitive) To gain richness; become heightened or intensified in brilliancy.

Synonyms of richen

Forms of richen

third-person singular presentrichens
present participlerichening
past participlerichened
pastrichened

Origin of richen

From rich + -en.

Words that rhyme with richen

Questions about richen

What does richen mean?
Richen means to make or render rich or richer.
What part of speech is richen?
Richen is a verb.
How do you pronounce richen?
Richen is pronounced /ˈɹɪt͡ʃən/ (UK).
What is the past tense of richen?
The past tense of richen is richened.

Words near richen in the dictionary

  1. Richebourgs
  2. riched
  3. Richelieu
  4. richellite
  5. richelsdorfite
  6. richen
  7. Richendollar
  8. richened
  9. richening
  10. richens
  11. richer

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