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impoverisher

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im⋅pov⋅er⋅ish

  [im-pov-er-ish, -pov-rish]
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–verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME empoverishen < MF empovriss- (long s. of empovrir), equiv. to em- em- 1 + povre poor + -iss -ish 2

Related forms:
im⋅pov⋅er⋅ish⋅er, noun
im⋅pov⋅er⋅ish⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
2. deplete, drain; weaken, enervate, fatigue, cripple.

Antonyms:
1, 2. enrich.
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