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Definition of Impoverish
1. Verb. Make poor.
Generic synonyms: Deprive
Specialized synonyms: Reduce, Beggar, Pauperise, Pauperize, Bankrupt, Break, Ruin, Smash
Antonyms: Enrich
Derivative terms: Impoverishment
Specialized synonyms: Reduce, Beggar, Pauperise, Pauperize, Bankrupt, Break, Ruin, Smash
Antonyms: Enrich
Derivative terms: Impoverishment
2. Verb. Take away.
Exact synonyms: Deprive
Specialized synonyms: Disestablish
Generic synonyms: Decline, Worsen
Derivative terms: Deprivation, Deprivation, Impoverishment
Antonyms: Enrich
Specialized synonyms: Disestablish
Generic synonyms: Decline, Worsen
Derivative terms: Deprivation, Deprivation, Impoverishment
Antonyms: Enrich
Definition of Impoverish
1. v. t. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
Definition of Impoverish
1. Verb. (transitive) Make poor. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) Weaken in quality; deprive of some strength or richness. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) Become poor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impoverish
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Impoverish
1. 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. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impoverish
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