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poverish, v. Obs. or dial.|ˈpɒvərɪʃ|
[ad. OF. po(u)veriss-, lengthened stem of po(u)verir to make poor, f. pov(e)re poor. Cf. impoverish.]
trans. To make poor, impoverish.
1382Wyclif Neh. v. 18 Forsothe the puple gretli was poueresht. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas v. vii. (MS. Bodl. 263) 266/2 Bi whos absence, feeblid is Cartage, The contre porisshed [ed. 1554 pouerished], brouht to disencres. 1530Palsgr. 663/1, I pouryshe, or make poure, jappouris. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. 1. Eden 156 No violent showr Poverisht the land. 1639Johnston Diary (1897) 72 The countrie is extremelie poverished. 1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xix, The lave..maun be poverees't wi' sax ouks clockin'.
Hence ˈpoverished ppl. a., ˈpoverishing vbl. n.; also † ˈpoverishment [ad. obs. F. poverissement], impoverishment, poverty.
1484in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 84 To the kinges hurt and poveresshinge of his..tenantes. 1568T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 46 In pouerishment, Shee bydes and takes hir part. 1900F. S. Ellis Rom. Rose i. 57 Earth forgets her poverished drear estate. |