impoverish

im·pov·er·ish  (m-pvr-sh, -pvrsh)

tr.v. im·pov·er·ished, im·pov·er·ish·ing, im·pov·er·ish·es

1. To reduce to poverty; make poor.

2. To deprive of natural richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse. See Synonyms at deplete.

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[Middle English empoverishen, from Old French empovrir, empovriss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + povre, poor (from Latin pauper; see pauper).]

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im·pover·ish·ment n.

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impoverish

Verb

1. to make (someone) poor

2. weaken the quality of something [Old French empovrir]

impoverished adj
impoverishment n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impoverish - make poor deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining reduce - lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living" pauperise, pauperize, beggar - reduce to beggary bankrupt, ruin, smash, break - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" enrich - make wealthy or richer; "the oil boom enriched a lot of local people"
	2.	impoverish - take away deprive disestablish - deprive (an established church) of its status decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

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impoverish

verb 1. bankrupt, ruin, beggar, break, pauperize

verb 2. deplete, drain, exhaust, diminish, use up, sap, wear out, reduce

Translations

impoverish

v impoverish [imˈpovəriʃ]

to make poor. verarm يُفْقِر обеднявам ochudit forarme arm machen φτωχαίνω empobrecer vaeseks tegema فقیر کردن köyhdyttää appauvrir לְרוֹשֵש अशक्त कर देना osiromašiti elszegényít memiskinkan gera snauðan impoverire 貧乏にする 가난하게 하다 nuskurdinti, nualinti novest nabadzībā jatuh miskin verarmen utarme, gjøre fattig zubożyć empobrecer a sărăci доводить до обнищания ochudobniť osiromašiti osiromašiti utarma, göra utfattig ทำให้ยากจน yoksullaştırmak, fakirleştirmek 使窮困 доводити до бідності مفلس کر دینا làm cho nghèo đi 使穷困

n imˈpoverishment

verarming إفْقار обедняване ochuzení; zbídačení forarmelse die Verarmung φτώχεια, εξάντληση empobrecimiento vaesumine فقر؛ ضعف köyhtyminen appauvrissement הִתרוֹשֶשוּת दरिद्रता osiromašenje gyengülés, hanyatlás pemiskinan það að verða snauður impoverimento 貧窮 가난하게 함[] nuskurdinimas grimšana nabadzībā kemiskinan verarming utarming zubożenie empobrecimento sărăcire обнищание ochudobnenie osiromašenje osiromašenje utarmande, utarmning ความยากจน yoksullaştırma, fakirleştirme 窮困 збідніння, зубожіння افلاس sự làm cho nghèo đi 穷困