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impoverish

[ im-pov-er-ish, -pov-rish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to reduce to poverty:

    a country impoverished by war.

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  2. to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of:

    Bad farming practices impoverished the soil.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

    Antonyms:



impoverish

/ 瑟尘藞辫蓲惫蓹谤瑟蕛 /

verb

  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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈尘藞辫辞惫别谤颈蝉丑别谤, noun
  • 颈尘藞辫辞惫别谤颈蝉丑尘别苍迟, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈尘路辫辞惫顎侥谤路颈蝉丑路别谤 noun
  • 颈尘路辫辞惫顎侥谤路颈蝉丑路尘别苍迟 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of impoverish1

1400鈥50; late Middle English empoverishen < Middle French empovriss- (long stem of empovrir ), equivalent to em- em- 1 + povre poor + -iss -ish 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of impoverish1

C15: from Old French empovrir, from povre poor
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In fragments, we get a sense of a family and the impoverished community around them.

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Many hold Hamas responsible for plunging the tiny, impoverished territory into the worst crisis faced by Palestinians in more than 70 years.

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Iamaleava quit, then he was canned, and rightfully so, and that鈥檚 certainly not the scenario envisioned by all those impoverished college athletic pioneers of years past.

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The self-proclaimed prophet claims to have cured people of HIV, made the blind see, changed the fortunes of the impoverished and, on at least one occasion, walked on air.

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However, this is unlikely as any fire sale "would impoverish China more than it would hurt the US", according to Capital Economics.

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