Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
impoverish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb See
impoverish .
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- verb Obsolete spelling of
impoverish .
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Examples
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In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and giveaway places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation and set it together by the ears.
Common Sense 2002
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In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation and set it together by the ears.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation and set it together by the ears.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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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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A sudden chill would precipitate the grosser, and diffuse the lighter dregs throughout the fermenting fluid, which should be thrown off from the surface in cleansing; this would retard the fining, and empoverish the beer or ale; while the mode recommended will be found to promote transparency, and give strength and body, that is, fullness and spirituosity.
The American Practical Brewer and Tanner Joseph Coppinger
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Page 42 horses for the second trial of their speed - a trial which must enrich or empoverish many of the thousands present.
Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a freeman--, 1793-1860 1857
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Let them have that which will not empoverish you, but enrich them for ever!
The religious instruction of the Negroes in the United States, 1842
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But we cannot refuse our admiration to the fervent and generous order of public spirit existent at that time, when we find that it was a popular leader who proposed to, and carried through, a popular assembly the motion, that went to empoverish the men who supported his party and adjudged his proposition.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Is it to help all the people, or to enrich the few and empoverish the rest?
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Is it to help all the people, or to enrich the few and empoverish the rest?
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