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richen, v.|ˈrɪtʃ(ə)n|
[f. rich a. + -en5.]
1. trans. To make richer or more intense.
1878P. Brooks Myst. Iniq. xv. (1893) 270 The old truth of covenant between man and God..is richened and deepened. 1897Daily News 24 Apr. 6/3 Delicate greys and greeny whites and black, richened with touches of red.
2. intr. To become richer.
1888Black In Far Lochaber xxiii, As the afternoon wanes, and the skies richen in intensity.
Hence ˈrichening vbl. n.
1881P. Brooks in Atlantic Monthly XLVIII. 550 The softening and richening of opinions. 1896‘Ian Maclaren’ Kate Carnegie 386 ‘Marget,’ began Kate, not with a blush, but rather a richening of colour. |