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impoverish
CEFRC1
/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To make a person or group poor.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo become poor.
Examples
They are trying to impoverish people.
They want to impoverish us.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
To make someone or something poor; to exhaust the strength or resources of.
To make poor.
More examples
In contextThat exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.
To many of us, organized religion is obnoxious. Yet if we throw out the sense of peace, order and joy that flows from religious ritual, we impoverish ourselves.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).