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F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as,

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F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. 2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.

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