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Definition of Pauperize
1. Verb. Reduce to beggary.
Generic synonyms: Impoverish
Derivative terms: Beggar, Pauperisation, Pauper, Pauperization, Pauperization
Definition of Pauperize
1. v. t. To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.
Definition of Pauperize
1. Verb. To make someone a pauper; to impoverish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pauperize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pauperize
Literary usage of Pauperize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Issues by Wharton Barker (1902)
"NATIONALIZE THE RAILROADS OR pauperize THE NATION. [November 5th, 1898.} FOR long
years we have relied largely upon competition to give to our people ..."
2. Notes for Visiting Nurses by Rosalind Gillette Shawe, Helen C. Jenks (1893)
"NOT TO pauperize THE POOR. Social and political economy are studies that are
engaging the best thought of many wise men, and therefore we may be excused if ..."
3. Poverty and Riches: A Study of the Industrial Régime by Scott Nearing (1916)
"Yet, equivocal as it may seem, riches does pauperize the rich. What does "pauperize"
mean? The rich are most solicitous about the poor. ..."
4. The Principles of Sociology by Edward Alsworth Ross (1920)
"Thirty years ago Her- l*Tt Spencer declared that public libraries and reading-rooms
pauperize, overlooking the fact that the pursuit of knowledge makes men ..."
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