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单词 impoverishing
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impoverishingn.

Etymology: formed as impoverish v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: imˈpoverishing.
The action of impoverish v.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > becoming or making poor
impoverishing1450
poverishing1484
poverance1529
beggaringa1536
impoverishment1564
poverishment1568
depauperation1664
letdown1768
pauperization1812
depauperization1845
immiserization1942
1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 206/2 Grauntes..made to the distruccion and fynall empovrysshing of the seid Monasterie.
1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey Pref. sig. Biij The impoverishing, if not undoing of the French.
1881 G. A. Henty Cornet of Horse (1888) xvii. 176 The impoverishing of the nobles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

impoverishingadj.

Etymology: formed as impoverish v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: imˈpoverishing.
That impoverishes.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > making poor
impoverishing1598
pauperizing1817
beggaring1883
1598 J. Dickenson Greene in Conceipt 20 Bolstring vp with your bags their impouerishing braueries.
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. ii. 30 Country bookselling is a miserable, impoverishing, exasperating thing in these days.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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