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Definition of: impoverish
(im·pov′ər·ish) v.t.
1. To reduce to poverty.
2. To exhaust the fertility or quality of, as soil; deteriorate. Also spelled EMPOVERISH. [<OF empovrir <em- thoroughly + L pauperare impoverish <pauper poor]
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