impoverishment
1Impoverishment — 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. [1913 Webster] …
2impoverishment — index dearth, indigence, poverty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3impoverishment — (n.) 1550s; see IMPOVERISH (Cf. impoverish) + MENT (Cf. ment) …
4impoverishment — [[t]ɪmpɒ̱vərɪʃmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Impoverishment is the state or process of being impoverished. ...a meeting of experts on how the impoverishment of Africa can be reversed... National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment …
5impoverishment — impoverish ► VERB 1) make poor. 2) exhaust the strength or natural fertility of. DERIVATIVES impoverishment noun. ORIGIN Old French empoverir, from povre poor …
6impoverishment — noun see impoverish …
7impoverishment — See impoverish. * * * …
8impoverishment — noun a) The action of impoverishing someone. b) The state of being impoverished …
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10impoverishment — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want. See RICH. 2. The depletion or… …