Literary notes about enrich (AI summary)
Writers employ "enrich" in manifold ways, shifting its meaning from the tangible to the abstract. At times, it denotes the literal adding of wealth or value—whether bestowing resources upon an institution or enhancing the soil—illustrated by how possessions are surrendered to benefit the Church [1] or how land is improved through careful cultivation [2][3][4]. In other contexts, "enrich" signifies the deepening of intellectual or spiritual life, as seen when learning is said to broaden the mind [5] or when knowledge is used to bolster collective well-being [6][7]. This dual capacity conveys both physical and metaphorical growth that echoes through literature, revealing the layered narrative power of the word [8][9].
- It could make kings and nobles resign their most [Pg 15] valued possessions to enrich the Church.
— from The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill - And he was not far from right—notwithstanding the fact that sheep are thought to be, and are, the best animals to enrich land.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - I think I can enrich the farm nearly as much by feeding the clover to animals and returning the manure to the land.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - And, though the flood subsides as rapidly as it comes, it leaves behind fertilising silt to enrich the soil.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore - Next to my own dear teacher, he has done more than any one else to enrich and broaden my mind.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - We believe it to be our duty to learn from the past whatever is best, to the end that we may enrich with that knowledge the present and the future.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Its ultimate object, however, it pretends, is always the same, to enrich the country by an advantageous balance of trade.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith - So sense and imagination, passion and reason, may enrich the soil that breeds them and cover it with a maze of flowers.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - They animate and enrich the ordinary course of life.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
