To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.,
To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
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Impoverish
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Many countries in Africa impoverish their people, causing an unproductive nation.
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Yes the word "impoverish" is a verb. It means to reduce
something to poverty. For example, a country can be impoverished by
war.