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impoverish

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/Part of speech verbSorted ehiimoprsvStarts with IEnds with H0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Impoverish means to take away wealth or make poor.

Word origin

From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).

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  • That 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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