'Impoverish' definitions:
Definition of 'impoverish'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Impoverish'
From: GCIDE
- Impoverish \Im*pov"er*ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impoverished; p. pr. & vb. n. Impoverishing.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish.]
- 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impoverish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- absorb,
- assimilate,
- bankrupt,
- beggar,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- break,
- burn up,
- bust,
- consume,
- denude,
- deplete,
- deplume,
- despoil,
- digest,
- displume,
- divest,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- draw,
- draw down,
- dry,
- eat,
- eat up,
- erode,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- finish,
- finish off,
- flay,
- fleece,
- fold up,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- ingest,
- milk,
- pauper,
- pauperize,
- pick clean,
- pluck,
- reduce,
- ruin,
- scuttle,
- shear,
- sink,
- skin,
- spend,
- squander,
- strip,
- strip bare,
- suck dry,
- swallow,
- swallow up,
- use up,
- waste away,
- wear away