impoverish: Meaning and Definition of

im•pov•er•ish

Pronunciation: (im-pov'ur-ish, -pov'rish), [key]
— v.t.
  1. to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
  2. to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices impoverished the soil.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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