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

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. xiiii^v He enryched hym selfe & Inpouerysshed his subiectes.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij^v 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).

单词	impoverish
释义	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. xiiii^v He enryched hym selfe & Inpouerysshed his subiectes. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. bij^v 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). < v.1440
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