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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impoverish \Im*pov"er*ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impoverished}; p. pr & vb n. {Impoverishing}.] [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impoverished adj 1: poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {indigent}, {necessitous}, {needy}, {poverty-stricken}] 2: destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family" [syn: {broken}, {wiped out(p)}]
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