Impoverish
verb — past tense: impoverished ; past participle: impoverished ; present participle: impoverishing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to make poor, to deprive of strength, to exhaust [natural resources, fertility, etc.], to reduce to poverty) ធ្វើអស់ជីវជាតិ (ដី) ធ្វើអោយអន់ថយ, យកខ្លាញ់ចេញ, ស្នាមប្រឡាក់ខ្លាញ់, ធ្វើអោយស្រកខ្លាញ់ impoverish a nation ធ្វើអោយចុះក្រ, ធ្វើអោយរិចរិល, impoverish soil ធ្វើអោយអស់ជីរជាតិ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: impoverished ; past participle: impoverished ; present participle: impoverishing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.