Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To impoverish; make poor.

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Examples

  • ROBERTS: Fears this morning that deadly riots could continue within poverish (ph) Haiti as food prices continue to skyrocket around the globe.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2008 2008

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