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Definitions for empoverish
em·pov·er·ish
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To EMPOVERISHverb
Etymology: pauvre, French.
Since they might talk better as they lay together, they empoverished their cloaths to enrich their bed, which, for that night, might well scorn the shrine of Venus. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
Your’s sounds aloud, and tells us you excel
No less in courage than in singing well;
While, unconcern’d, you let your country know,
They have empoverish’d themselves, not you. Edmund Waller.For sense of honour, if it empoverisheth a man, it is, in his esteem, neither honour nor sense. Robert South, Sermons.
Fresh roses bring
To strow my bed, ’till the empoverish’d Spring
Confess her want. Matthew Prior.
Webster Dictionary
Empoverishverb
see Impoverish
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Empoverish
em-pov′ėr-ish, v.t. See Impoverish.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of empoverish in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of empoverish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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