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im·pov·er·ish
(ĭm-pŏv′ər-ĭsh, -pŏv′rĭsh)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 richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse.
[Middle English empoverishen, from Old French empovrir, empovriss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + povre, poor (from Latin pauper; see pauper).]
im·pov′er·ish·ment n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances destitution - a state without friends or money or prospects indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury, need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" |
2. | impoverishment - the act of making someone poor privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" |
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impoverishment
noun1. The condition of being extremely poor:
2. The depletion or sapping of strength or energy:
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Translations
إفْقار
ochuzenízbídačení
forarmelse
gyengülés
òaî aî verîa snauîur
ochudobnenie
fakirleştirmeyoksullaştırma
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
impoverishment
[ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt] n [country, area] → appauvrissement mNational isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment → L'isolement national ne peut que provoquer un appauvrissement économique et culturel.
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impoverishment
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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impoverish
(imˈpovəriʃ) verb to make poor.
imˈpoverishment nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.