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1. (v.t.) impoverish
to reduce to poverty.
2. impoverish
to exhaust the strength or vitality of; deplete:
Excessive farming impoverished the soil.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < MF empovriss-, long s. of empovrir=em-em -1+-povrir, v. der. of povrepoor ; see -ish2)
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| Definition of 'impoverish' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) impoverish
make poor
2. (verb) deprive, impoverish
take away
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| Definition of 'impoverish' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) impoverish
to make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families
2. (verb) impoverish
to exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land
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Sense: to make poor.
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 Afrikaans: verarm |
 Arabic: يُفْقِر |
 Bulgarian: обеднявам |
 Brazilian: empobrecer |
 Czech: ochudit |
 German: arm machen |
 Danish: forarme |
 Greek: φτωχαίνω |
 Spanish: empobrecer |
 Estonian: vaeseks tegema |
 Farsi: فقیر کردن |
 Finnish: köyhdyttää |
 French: appauvrir |
 Hebrew: לְרוֹשֵש |
 Hindi: अशक्त कर देना |
 Croatian: osiromašiti |
 Hungarian: elszegényít |
 Indonesian: memiskinkan |
 Icelandic: gera snauðan |
 Italian: impoverire |
 Japanese: 貧乏にする |
 Korean: 가난하게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: nuskurdinti, nualinti |
 Latvian: novest nabadzībā |
 Malay: jatuh miskin |
 Dutch: verarmen |
 Norwegian: utarme, gjøre fattig |
 Polish: zubożyć |
 Persian: فقیر کردن |
 Pashto: خورول بې پنګى كول بې توښې |
 Portuguese: empobrecer |
 Romanian: a sărăci |
 Russian: доводить до обнищания |
 Slovak: ochudobniť |
 Slovenian: osiromašiti |
 Serbian: osiromašiti |
 Swedish: utarma, göra utfattig |
 Thai: ทำให้ยากจน |
 Turkish: yoksullaştırmak, fakirleş |
 Taiwanese: 使窮困 |
 Ukrainian: доводити до бідності |
 Urdu: مفلس کر دینا |
 Vietnamese: làm cho nghèo đi |
 Chinese: 使穷困 |
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