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impoverish	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. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

impoverish

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.
Origin: 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.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)