01 v. t. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
imp. & p. p.
Impoverished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impoverishing
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1.
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
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2.
To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.