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im·pov·er·ish (ĭm-pŏv́ər-ĭsh, -pŏv́rĭsh)

[Middle English empoverishen, from Old French empovrir, empovriss-, en-, causative pref.; see en–1, + povre, poor (from Latin pauper; see pauper).]

transitive verb: -ished, -ish·ing, -ish·es. 

  1. To reduce to poverty; make poor.
  2. To deprive of natural richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse. See synonyms at deplete

derivatives

im·pov́er·ish·ment
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