Impoverish
11impoverish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English enpoverisshen, from Anglo French empoveriss , stem of empoverir, from en + povre poor more at poor Date: 15th century 1. to make poor 2. to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or… …
12impoverish — impoverisher, n. impoverishment, n. /im pov euhr ish, pov rish/, v.t. 1. to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war. 2. to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices… …
13impoverish — verb a) Make poor. That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil b) Weaken in quality; deprive of some strength or richness. Syn: ruin Ant: enrich …
14impoverish — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bankrupt, beggar, bleed, bleed white, break, burn up, bust, consume, denude, deplete, deplume, despoil, digest, displume, divest, drain, drain of resources, draw, draw down, dry, eat, eat up …
15impoverish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pauperize; exhaust, drain; reduce, deplete, rob; weaken. See poverty, insufficiency, waste.Ant., enrich. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. make poor, bankrupt, exhaust; see ruin 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus… …
16impoverish — im|pov|er|ish [ ım pav(ə)rıʃ ] verb transitive 1. ) to make a person or country very poor: The incompetent military leadership had impoverished a once prosperous country. 2. ) to reduce the quality of something ╾ im|pov|er|ish|ment noun uncount …
17impoverish — im·pov·er·ish || ɪm pÉ‘vÉ™rɪʃ / pÉ’v v. make poor, pauperize; take away the richness of, exhaust the strength of …
18impoverish — verb 1》 make poor. 2》 exhaust the strength or natural fertility of. Derivatives impoverishment noun Origin ME: from OFr. empoveriss , lengthened stem of empoverir, based on povre poor …
19impoverish — v. a. 1. Make poor, bring to want, reduce to poverty, reduce to indigence. 2. Exhaust the fertility of, make sterile, render barren or unfertile …
20impoverish — verb (T) 1 (often passive) to make someone very poor: Many peasants were impoverished by the land tax. 2 to make something worse in quality: Crop rotation has not impoverished the soil. impoverishment noun (U) …
