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depauperate

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de⋅paup⋅er⋅ate

  [di-paw-per-it]
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–adjective Biology.
poorly or imperfectly developed.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < LL dēpauperātus (ptp. of dēpauperāre to make poor), equiv. to dē- de- + pauper(āre) to make poor (pauper- poor (see pauper ) + -ātus -ate 1 )

Related forms:
de⋅pau⋅per⋅a⋅tion  [di-paw-puh-rey-shuhn] , noun
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de·pau·pe·rate   (də-pô'pər-ĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Arrested in growth or development; stunted.

  2. Severely diminished; impoverished: "But there were no pleasures in Australia. How could my friend admire so paleontologically depauperate a place?" (Jake Page).


[Middle English depauperat, from Medieval Latin dēpauperātus, past participle of dēpauperāre, to make poor : Latin dē-, de- + pauper, poor; see pauper.]
de·pau'pe·ra'tion (-pə-rā'shən) n.
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