verb · transitive · rare

impoverish

impoverish · impoverishes · impoverished · impoverishing

збіднити, збіднювати

обеднять, беднеть, нищать

arm machen, verarmen

To make poorTo make poor.

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/ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/

» Sami lived in an impoverished area.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To make poor.
arm machen, verarmen
обеднятьobednjatʹ
збі́днюватиzbídnjuvaty, збідни́тиzbidnýty
make poor
(transitive)To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.
That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.
збі́днюватиzbídnjuvaty, збідни́тиzbidnýty
(intransitive)To become poor.
verarmen
беднетьbednetʹ, нищатьniščatʹ

Examples

24 sentences

Sami lived in an impoverished area.
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Algeria can't become an impoverished nation.
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They are trying to impoverish people.
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Felix lived in a real impoverished area.
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Haiti is a nation that seems hopelessly impoverished.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to make poor:

Русский

By meaning 2

to make poor:

to become poor:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to make poor:

Origin

From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman

From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).

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