IMPOVERISHING
Verb
impoverishing
present participle of impoverish
Source: Wiktionary
IMPOVERISH
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