Found 3 items, similar to impoverish.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: impoverish memiskinkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: impoverish impoverish v 1: make poor [ant: enrich] 2: take away [syn: deprive] [ant: enrich]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Impoverish Impoverish \Im*pov"er*ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impoverished; p. pr. & vb. n. Impoverishing.] [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish.] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. [1913 Webster] 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. [1913 Webster]