[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That enriches; in the senses of the vb.
1674. J. B[rian], Harv. Home, iv. 25. Rain down from heav’n enriching floods.
1674. Collins, in Rigaud, Corr. Sci. Men (1841), II. 587. Your advice and assistance will be obliging and enriching to the commonwealth of learning.
1799. J. Robertson, Agric. Perth, 268. Or lay enriching manure on the most barren ground.
1864. Pusey, Lect. Daniel, v. 250. The enriching neighbourhood of the sea of Galilee to Naphtali.
Hence Enrichingly adv.
1817. J. Gilchrist, Intell. Patrimony, 111. The operation is at first toilsome; but it is enrichingly profitable.
1865. R. Paul, Lett., in Mem., xix. (1872), 322. We had a very good sermon from Dr. C. from the words, ‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly’ (or enrichingly).
