impoverish

[Im*povĀ·er*ish]

To impoverish is to take away a person's livelihood. When a drought ruins a farmer's crop and he has nothing to harvest, his bad luck may leave him and his family impoverished, or poor.

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To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

Verb
take away

Verb
make poor


v. t.
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

v. t.
To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.


Impoverish

Im*pov"er*ish , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impoverished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Impoverishing.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish.] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.

To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

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Usage Examples

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

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