wealthen

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wealth +‎ -en.

Verb[edit]

wealthen (third-person singular simple present wealthens, present participle wealthening, simple past and past participle wealthened)

  1. (transitive, rare) To add wealth to; make wealthy
    • 1910, Santa Fe Employes' Magazine, volume 5, page 67:
      Lake Michigan and the railroads have made the city great. Much as the lakes have contributed to bless and to wealthen the town, its railroads today are of more importance to it than Lake Michigan and connecting waters.
    • 2002, Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences:
      The symbiosis with museum wealthened the Riga City library []