'Impoverish' definitions:

Definition of 'impoverish'

(from WordNet)
verb
Make poor [ant: enrich]
verb
Take away [syn: deprive, impoverish] [ant: enrich]

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]