Meaning

3 senses

  1. (dated, transitive)To free from paupers or pauperism.

  2. (transitive)To rescue from poverty.

  3. (transitive)To impoverish, to make poor (to make depauperate).

Origin

From de- + pauperize.

From de- + pauperize.

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Forms

depauperizes, depauperizing, depauperized, depauperized
Base formdepauperize · to depauperize
3rd person singulardepauperizes
Present participledepauperizing
Past simpledepauperized
Past participledepauperized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydepauperize
he, she, itdepauperizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdepauperized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave depauperized
he, she, ithas depauperized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill depauperize

Synonyms

14 synonyms
ruinA2poorA1dispauperizedepauperatepauperizebeggardestituteembeggarimmiserateimpoorimpoverishpoverishempoverish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
departB1departmentB1departmentaldepartureB1dependA2dependableB2dependence
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