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empoverish

[ em-pov-er-ish, -pov-rish ]

verb (used with object)

, Obsolete.
  1. an obsolete variant of impoverish.


empoverish

/ ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ /

verb

  1. an obsolete spelling of impoverish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • emˈpoverishment, noun
  • emˈpoverisher, noun
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Example Sentences

Long fasting would starve him; long abstinence from business would empoverish him; and either expedient would prevent him from being a source of revenue to the church; and, in fact, defeat the object of the holy sacrament of penance.

We have now alluded, in this chapter to some of those popish intermeddlings in the political concerns of England, so grossly in violation of international law, and which have been so prolific of treason, of popular insurrection, of civil war, and of all that can empoverish a nation and impede its progress; but we have mentioned but few of them.

The judges allowed twenty minutes to prepare the horses for the second trial of their speed—a trial which must enrich or empoverish many of the thousands present.

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