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verb
To make someone a pauper; to impoverish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: beggar, depauperate, destitute, depauperize, embeggar, empoverish, immiserate, impoor, impoverish, pauperize, poor, poverish, ruin
Antonyms: none provided
verb
reduce to beggary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: beggar, pauperise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: impoverish
History
Etymology tree English pauper Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English pauperize From pauper + -ize.
