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Definition of Rich
Rich

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to poor.

Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.

Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.

Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.

Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.

Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.

Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.

Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.

Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character.

To enrich.

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Rich Quotations

When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
Jean-Paul Sartre

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Henry Ward Beecher

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.
Gertrude Stein

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Henry Ward Beecher

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Rich Translations

rich in Afrikaans is ryk
rich in Danish is rig
rich in Dutch is gefortuneerd, rijk, vermogend
rich in Finnish is rikas
rich in French is riche
rich in German is reich, reiche, reichhaltig, reich
rich in Italian is ricco
rich in Latin is dives, opulens, pinguis, plenus, uber, pecuniosus
rich in Norwegian is rik
rich in Portuguese is rico
rich in Swedish is rik, riklig

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