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im•pov•er•ish
Pronunciation: (im-pov'ur-ish, -pov'rish), [key]—
v.t.
1. to reduce to poverty:
a country impoverished by war.
2. to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of:
Bad farming practices impoverished the soil. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.