KJV Dictionary Definition: impoverish

impoverish

IMPOV'ERISH, v.t.

1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence. Idleness and vice are sure to impoverish individuals and families.

2. To exhaust strength, richness or fertility; as, to impoverish land by frequent cropping.

impoverished

IMPOV'ERISHED, pp. Reduced to poverty; exhausted.

impoverisher

IMPOV'ERISHER, n. One who makes others poor.

1. That which impairs fertility.

impoverishing

IMPOV'ERISHING, ppr. Making poor; exhausting.

impoverishment

IMPOV'ERISHMENT, n. Depauperation; a reducing to indigence; exhaustion; drain of wealth, richness or fertility.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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