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Webster 1913 Edition


Depauperate

De-pau′per-ate

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Depauperated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Depauperating
.]
[LL.
depauperatus
, p. p.
depauperare
to impoverish; L.
de-
+
pauperare
to make poor,
pauper
poor.]
To make poor; to impoverish.
Liming does not
depauperate
; the ground will last long, and bear large grain.
Mortimer.
Humility of mind which
depauperates
the spirit.
Jer. Taylor.

De-pau′per-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
depauperatus
, p. p.]
(Bot.)
Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.
Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Depauperate

DEPAUPERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To beggar.] To make poor; to impoverish; to deprive of fertility or richness; as, to depauperate the soil or the blood.