Impoverish
Bible Usage:
- impoverish used once.
- impoverished used 3 times.
- Bible Reference: Jeremiah 5:17
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H7567 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Impoverish
IMPOV'ERISH, verb transitive
1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence. Idleness and vice are sure to impoverish individuals and families.
2. To exhaust strength, richness or fertility; as, to impoverish land by frequent cropping.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Impoverished
IMPOV'ERISHED, participle passive Reduced to poverty; exhausted.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Impoverisher
IMPOV'ERISHER, noun One who makes others poor.
1. That which impairs fertility.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Impoverishing
IMPOV'ERISHING, participle present tense Making poor; exhausting.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Impoverishment
IMPOV'ERISHMENT, noun Depauperation; a reducing to indigence; exhaustion; drain of wealth, richness or fertility.