Enrheum
(En*rheum") v. i. [Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer.] To contract a rheum. [Obs.] Harvey.

Enrich
(En*rich") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enriched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enriching.] [F. enrichir; pref. en- (L. in) + riche rich. See Rich.]

1. 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.

2. To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.

3. To make rich with manure; to fertilize; — said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.

4. To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; — said of the mind. Sir W. Raleigh.

Enricher
(En*rich"er) n. One who enriches.

Enrichment
(En*rich"ment) n. The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

Enridge
(En*ridge") v. t. To form into ridges. Shak.

Enring
(En*ring") v. t. To encircle. [R.]

The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes,
Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst.
Tennyson.

Enripen
(En*rip"en) v. t. To ripen. [Obs.] Donne.

Enrive
(En*rive") v. t. To rive; to cleave. [Obs.]

Enrobe
(En*robe") v. t. [Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober.] To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.

Enrockment
(En*rock"ment) n. [Pref. en- + rock.] A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.

Enroll
(En*roll") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enrolled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Enrolling.] [Pref. en- + roll: cf. F. enrôler; pref. en- (L. in) + rôle roll or register. See Roll, n.] [Written also enrol.]

1. To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist.

An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling.
Milton.

All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
Prescott.

2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enroller
(En*roll"er) n. One who enrolls or registers.

Enrollment
(En*roll"ment) n. [Cf. F. enrôlement.] [Written also enrolment.]

1. The act of enrolling; registration. Holland.

2. A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record. Sir J. Davies.


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