impoverish

(ĭm-pŏv'ər-ĭsh, -pŏv'rĭsh)
tr.v., -ished, -ish·ing, -ish·es.

1. To reduce to poverty; make poor.
2. To deprive of natural richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse. See synonyms at deplete.

[Middle English empoverishen, from Old French empovrir, empovriss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + povre, poor (from Latin pauper; see pauper).]

impoverishment im·pov'er·ish·ment n.

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verb

1. To reduce to financial insolvency: bankrupt, break, bust, pauperize, ruin. Slang clean out. See money.
2. To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential: deplete, drain, exhaust, sap², use up. See give/take/reciprocity, increase/decrease, rich/poor.

v

Definition: make poor
Antonyms: make wealthy

v

Definition: weaken
Antonyms: enrich, strengthen

See words rhyming with "impoverish."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Impoverish.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forarme, udpine, gøre fattig

Nederlands (Dutch)
verarmen, uitputten

Français (French)
v. tr. - appauvrir

Deutsch (German)
v. - verarmen lassen, auslaugen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φτωχαίνω, ελαττώνω τη δύναμη ή τον πλούτο, καθιστώ φτωχότερο

Italiano (Italian)
impoverire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - empobrecer

Русский (Russian)
разорять, истощать, лишать средств, расстраивать (здоровье)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - empobrecer, reducir a la indigencia

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utarma, göra kraftlös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使贫穷, 使枯竭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使貧窮, 使枯竭

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 가난하게 하다, 메마르게 하다, 흥미를 잃게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 貧乏にする, やせさせる, 貧弱にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينقر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮רושש, דלדל‬

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