| slovo | definícia |
impoverish
(encz) | impoverish,ochudit Pavel Machek |
impoverish
(encz) | impoverish,zbídačit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Impoverish
(gcide) | 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.
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impoverish
(wn) | impoverish
v 1: make poor [ant: enrich]
2: take away [syn: deprive, impoverish] [ant: enrich] |
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impoverished
(encz) | impoverished,ochuzený adj: Zdeněk Brožimpoverished,zchudlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
impoverishment
(encz) | impoverishment,ochuzení impoverishment,ožebračení impoverishment,vyčerpání impoverishment,vyčerpanost impoverishment,vymrskání impoverishment,zbídačení |
Impoverish
(gcide) | 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] |
Impoverished
(gcide) | 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.
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Impoverisher
(gcide) | Impoverisher \Im*pov"er*ish*er\, n.
One who, or that which, impoverishes.
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Impoverishing
(gcide) | 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.
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Impoverishment
(gcide) | Impoverishment \Im*pov"er*ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF.
empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.]
The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished;
reduction to poverty. --Sir W. Scott.
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ruined wiped outpredicate impoverished
(gcide) | destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate,
obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done
for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped
out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked;
war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym:
preserved
[WordNet 1.5]
2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
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impoverished
(wn) | impoverished
adj 1: poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute,
impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy,
poverty-stricken]
2: destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"
[syn: broken, wiped out(p), impoverished] |
impoverishment
(wn) | impoverishment
n 1: the state of having little or no money and few or no
material possessions [syn: poverty, poorness,
impoverishment] [ant: wealth, wealthiness]
2: the act of making someone poor [syn: pauperization,
pauperisation, impoverishment] |
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