depauperateadj.
a. Made poor; impoverished (obsolete in general use).
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > reduced to poverty
broken-fortuned1362
depauperatea1464
peeled?a1513
extenuate1533
withered1561
penured1570
low-ebbed1595
ruined1596
shredded1596
broken1597
beggared1609
impoverisheda1631
necessitated1646
pinched1672
crazy1700
reduced1715
straitened1716
crazed1732
poverty-struck?1750
poverty-stricken?1786
pauperized1807
poverty-smitten1819
distressed1844
out at elbows1885
poverished1900
wiped1977
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 83 All þo þat were depauperat and spoiled be his predecessour.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 404 The depauperat saullis that this day dwell thairin.
1670 Lex Talionis 26 It [sc. blood] loses much of its vivacity, and becomes depauperate and affect.
b. Botany, etc. = depauperated adj.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > vigorous in growth > reduced in vigour
depauperated1666
depauperate1863
1863 A. Gray Lett. (1893) 508 Inclosed are depauperate specimens [of the seeds].
1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Depauperate, impoverished; as if starved; diminished in size for want of favourable conditions of nourishment, and such like. Also..having no, or few, flowers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
depauperatev.
/dɪˈpɔːpəreɪt/ transitive. To render poor, to impoverish; to reduce in quality, vigour, or capacity.
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the mind > possession > poverty > make poor or impoverish [verb (transitive)]
destroy1297
poverisha1382
apoora1400
impover1418
poora1425
dispurveyc1430
impoverish1440
beggar1528
weaken1530
ruinate1547
ruin1560
depauper1562
depoverish1569
craze1573
soak1577
sift1591
waste1599
impoor1613
uncluea1616
depauperate1623
disenrich1647
necessitate1647
erumnate1676
straiten1699
poorify1711
pauperize1806
pauperate1839
pauper1841
to clear out1884
immiserate1956
penny-pincha1961
immiserize1971
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally
atterc885
hurtc1200
marc1225
appair1297
impair1297
spilla1300
emblemishc1384
endull1395
blemishc1430
depaira1460
depravea1533
deform1533
envenom1533
vitiate1534
quail1551
impeach1563
subvert1565
craze1573
taint1573
spoil1578
endamage1579
qualify1584
stain1584
crack1590
ravish1594
interess1598
invitiate1598
corrupt1602
venom1621
depauperate1623
detriment1623
flaw1623
embase1625
ungold1637
murder1644
refract1646
depress1647
addle1652
sweal1655
butcher1659
shade1813
mess1823
puckeroo1840
untone1861
blue1880
queer1884
dick1972
forgar-
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Depauperate, to impouerish.
1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery ii. vii. 153 To represent God in a carved stone, or a painted Table, does depauperate our understanding of God.
1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 891 The blood is now..depauperated of the spirituous and finer particles.
1708 S. Molyneux in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 59 Liming..doth not so much Depauperate the Ground.
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 728 Bishops..had made shameful depredations on the church and depauperated many of the sees.
1886 Church Times 5 Nov. 173/2 By depauperating the national creed.
Derivatives
deˈpauperating n. and adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > making weak
weakeninga1586
feebling1624
languefying1651
debilitating1674
debilitative1682
depauperating1770
adynamical1798
enervating1821
prostrating1822
adynamous1828
debilitant-
1770 Monthly Rev. 20 In this depauperating and attenuating course the patient..persevered.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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