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单词 impoverish
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impoverishv.

/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/
Forms: Middle English enpoveris, empoveris, empoverys(s)h, inpoveryssh, 1500s impoverys(s)h, impoveryshe, impoverishe, 1500s–1800s empoverish, 1600s ym-, 1500s– impoverish.
Etymology: < Old French empoveriss-, lengthened stem of empov(e)rir , -pauvrir to make poor, < em- < Latin im- (im- prefix1) + povre , pauvre poor adj. and n.1
1.
a. transitive. To make poor; to reduce to poverty.
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
1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 8 Also of the gredi covatise that he oppressid and enpoverisid his comonalte.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxxix. f. xiiiiv He enryched hym selfe & Inpouerysshed his subiectes.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bijv Englande is in fewe yeares decayed and impouerysshed.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. iii. 9 He that impoverisheth his children to enrich his widow, destroyes a quick hedge to make a dead one.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lvii. 250 Corruption..impoverishes and inslaves the country.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxix. 692 The trader was impoverished by high poor-rates.
b. To reduce or diminish (wealth or a stock of anything). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
anitherOE
wanzelOE
lessc1225
slakea1300
littenc1300
aslakec1314
adminisha1325
allayc1330
settle1338
low1340
minisha1382
reprovea1382
abatea1398
rebatea1398
subtlea1398
alaskia1400
forlyten?a1400
imminish14..
lessenc1410
diminish1417
repress?a1425
assuagec1430
scarcec1440
small1440
underslakec1440
alessa1450
debate?c1450
batec1460
decreasec1470
appetisse1474
alow1494
mince1499
perswage?1504
remita1513
inless?1521
attenuate1530
weaken1530
defray1532
mitigate1532
minorate1534
narrow?1548
diminuec1550
extenuate1555
amain1578
exolve1578
base1581
dejecta1586
amoinder1588
faint1598
qualify1604
contract1605
to pull down1607
shrivel1609
to take down1610
disaugment1611
impoverish1611
shrink1628
decoct1629
persway1631
unflame1635
straiten1645
depress1647
reduce1649
detract1654
minuate1657
alloy1661
lower?1662
sinka1684
retreat1690
nip1785
to drive down1840
minify1866
to knock down1867
to damp down1869
scale1887
mute1891
clip1938
to roll back1942
to cut back1943
downscale1945
downrate1958
slim1963
downshift1972
society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > diminish value of
fall1564
embase1577
to pull down1607
impoverish1611
depreciate1656
to let down1870
slip1961
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. vii. 405/2 A former warre against the French had empouerished much of their wealth.
1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 207 The dayes consecrated to God's service rather improve than impoverish our stock of time.
c. To make bare, to strip of (some form of wealth). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of accessories or equipment
impoverish1612
strip1683
1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. v. 9/2 Iron, and Glasse..impouerish the County of Woods.
1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 391 They impoverished the Island of its Cattle.
2. To make weak or poor in quality or productiveness; to exhaust the strength or native quality of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] > of strength
fadec1400
impoverisha1631
enervate1638
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 56 But when..God shall deject, and empouerish, and evacuate that spirit.
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 290 The unprofitable practice of ploughing up pastures..tends perpetually to impoverish them.
1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 29 Many People may think Water will hurt the Milk or impoverish the Cheese; experience shews it will not.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. v. 99 Such theories..impoverish the minds which they absorb.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 81 Other depressing forces may have come into play impoverishing the blood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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