Impoverish
21impoverish — v 1. reduce to poverty, pauperize, beggar; ruin, Dial. ruinate, break, bankrupt, destroy financially. 2. exhaust, use up, deplete, drain, sap, take all one s strength; wear out, tire out, fatigue, Inf. do in, Sl. do a number on, Sl. waste; weaken …
22impoverish — im·pov·er·ish …
23impoverish — im•pov•er•ish [[t]ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃ, ˈpɒv rɪʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to reduce to poverty 2) to exhaust the strength or vitality of; deplete: Excessive farming impoverished the soil[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < MF empovriss , long s. of empovrir= em …
24impoverish — Ho ohune, ho o ilihune …
25impoverish — v.tr. 1 make poor. 2 exhaust the strength or natural fertility of. Derivatives: impoverishment n. Etymology: ME f. OF empoverir (as EN (1), povre POOR) …
26Impoverished — Impoverish 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… …
27Impoverishing — Impoverish 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… …
28impoverishment — impoverish ► VERB 1) make poor. 2) exhaust the strength or natural fertility of. DERIVATIVES impoverishment noun. ORIGIN Old French empoverir, from povre poor …
29ruin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destruction, downfall, perdition; wreck, remains, relic. See failure, remainder. v. t. wreck, raze, demolish; impoverish, seduce, etc. See impurity, poverty. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of… …
30deplete — vb Deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt are comparable when they mean to deprive a thing in whole or in part of what is essential or necessary to its existence or potency. Deplete is often used as though it implied merely a reduction in… …
