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 [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ]

vb (tr)

1. to make poor or diminish the quality of to impoverish society by cutting the grant to the arts

2. to deprive (soil, etc.) of fertility

[from Old French empovrir, from povre poor]

impoverisher  n

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 a society impoverished by wartime inflation

2. deplete, drain, exhaust, diminish, use up, sap, wear out, reduce Mint impoverishes the soil quickly.

Translations

impoverish [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ] VT → empobrecer; [+ land] → agotar

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impoverish [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ] vt

[+ person, country] → appauvrir

[+ soil] → appauvrir

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impoverish

vt person, country → in Armut bringen, verarmen lassen; soil → auslaugen, erschöpfen; (fig) culture → verkümmern or verarmen lassen

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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 빈곤 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