empolder
transitive verb
em·polder
variants or impolder
ə̇m,
em+
-ed/-ing/-s
: to make (land that is underwater or periodically flooded) cultivable by the erection of banks of levees to prevent or control inundation and by adequate drainage
Word History
Etymology
Dutch inpolderen, from in- in- entry 1 (akin to Old English in-) + polder