† impoverv.

Forms:

α. Middle English empore, Middle English enpouere, Middle English enpovre, Middle English–1500s empouer, Middle English–1500s enpouer, Middle English–1500s enpover; also Scottish pre-1700 enpouer.

β. 1500s–1600s impover.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French empovrir.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enpoverir, enpovrir, enpoverer, empoverer, enporir, Anglo-Norman and Middle French empovrir to make poor, to become poor (both late 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman) < em- em- prefix + pover , povre poor adj. Compare Old Occitan empaurir (a1300). Compare impoverish v. and earlier apoor v., poor v.On the variation between initial em- and en- in the α. forms see em- prefix. With β. forms compare im- prefix¹.

Obsolete.

transitive. To impoverish. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

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

1418 in J. H. Fisher et al. Anthol. Chancery Eng. (1984) 103 Your pour hous..is so villed and empored fro day to day bi the plee..[þat] continueth [betwix] our worthi lord..and vs.

?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 34 Wherthurh the Rewme was gretly hyndred and enpoueryd.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 95 How enpouere they the comynte.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccvii. 462 The garysons..had greatly enpouered..the countre of Normandy.

1530 Ortulus Anime sig. K.3^v The lorde empouerth [1534 Prymer in Eng. empouereth, 1535 Goodly Prymer empouereth], & he maketh rych.

1567 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1567/12/20 Quhairthrow the realme is utterlie impoverit be evill cunyie.

1685 E. Graunt in J. Tutchin Protestant Martyrs (1688) 12 By impovering and every way distressing those you have got under you.

Derivatives

impovered adj. impoverished.

ΚΠ

1647 Petition wel-affected Inhabitants (single sheet) Your impovered Petitioners are over-laden with a late monethly Tax of sixty thousand Pounds.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 31 Ghuest-houses, one for impovered and impotent persons, another for fatherless children.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	impover
释义	† impoverv. Forms: α. Middle English empore, Middle English enpouere, Middle English enpovre, Middle English–1500s empouer, Middle English–1500s enpouer, Middle English–1500s enpover; also Scottish pre-1700 enpouer. β. 1500s–1600s impover. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French empovrir. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman enpoverir, enpovrir, enpoverer, empoverer, enporir, Anglo-Norman and Middle French empovrir to make poor, to become poor (both late 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman) < em- em- prefix + pover , povre poor adj. Compare Old Occitan empaurir (a1300). Compare impoverish v. and earlier apoor v., poor v.On the variation between initial em- and en- in the α. forms see em- prefix. With β. forms compare im- prefix¹. Obsolete. transitive. To impoverish. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ 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 1418 in J. H. Fisher et al. Anthol. Chancery Eng. (1984) 103 Your pour hous..is so villed and empored fro day to day bi the plee..[þat] continueth [betwix] our worthi lord..and vs. ?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 34 Wherthurh the Rewme was gretly hyndred and enpoueryd. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. iii. 95 How enpouere they the comynte. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccvii. 462 The garysons..had greatly enpouered..the countre of Normandy. 1530 Ortulus Anime sig. K.3^v The lorde empouerth [1534 Prymer in Eng. empouereth, 1535 Goodly Prymer empouereth], & he maketh rych. 1567 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1567/12/20 Quhairthrow the realme is utterlie impoverit be evill cunyie. 1685 E. Graunt in J. Tutchin Protestant Martyrs (1688) 12 By impovering and every way distressing those you have got under you. Derivatives impovered adj. impoverished. ΚΠ 1647 Petition wel-affected Inhabitants (single sheet) Your impovered Petitioners are over-laden with a late monethly Tax of sixty thousand Pounds. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 31 Ghuest-houses, one for impovered and impotent persons, another for fatherless children. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1418
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