pəˌraɪz verb (used with object), pau·per·ized, pau·per·iz·ing.
to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to make a pauper of; impoverish | |
| pauperise or pauperise | |
| —vb | |
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