impoverish
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impoverish
- /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).
verb impoverishes · impoverishing · impoverished
- To make poor.
- To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness. That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.
- To become poor.
Similar: beggar, depauperate, depauperize, destitute, embeggar, empoverish, immiserate, impoor, impoverish, pauperize, poor, poverish
