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Webster 1913 Edition
Impoverish
Im-pov′er-ish
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Impoverished
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impoverishing
.] [OF.
empovrir
; pref. em-
(L. in
) + povre
poor, F. pauvre
; cf. OF. apovrir
, F. appauvrir
, where the prefix is a-
, L. ad
. Cf. Empoverish
, and see Poor
, and -ish
.] 1.
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence;
as, misfortune and disease
. impoverish
families2.
To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile;
as, to
. impoverish
landWebster 1828 Edition
Impoverish
IMPOV'ERISH
, v.t.1.
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence. Idleness and vice are sure to impoverish individuals and families.2.
To exhaust strength, richness or fertility; as, to impoverish land by frequent cropping.Definition 2024
impoverish
impoverish
English
Verb
impoverish (third-person singular simple present impoverishes, present participle impoverishing, simple past and past participle impoverished)
- (transitive) Make poor.
- (transitive) Weaken in quality; deprive of some strength or richness.
- That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil
- (intransitive) Become poor.
Derived terms
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Translations
transitive: make poor
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transitive: deprive of some strength or richness
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intransitive: become poor
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