Thesaurus: impoverish
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
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Definitions
- 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.
- v. make poor
- v. become poorer
- 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.