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Definitions for: Impoverish [v] take away
[v] make poor
Webster (1913) Definition: Im*pov"er*ish, v. 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 families.
2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to
make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
Synonyms: deprive
Antonyms: enrich, enrich
See Also: bankrupt, beggar, break, decline, deprive, disestablish, pauperise, pauperize, reduce, ruin, worsen
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