IMPOVERISH

deprive, impoverish

(verb) take away

impoverish

(verb) make poor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

impoverish (third-person singular simple present impoverishes, present participle impoverishing, simple past and past participle impoverished)

(transitive) To make poor.

(transitive) To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.

(intransitive) To become poor.

Synonyms

• ruin

• (weaken, deprive): deplete

Antonyms

• enrich

Source: Wiktionary

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Im*pov"er*ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impoverished; p. pr. & vb. n. Impoverishing.] Etym: [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.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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