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Webster 1913 Edition
Depauperate
De-pau′per-ate
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Depauperated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Depauperating
.] [LL.
depauperatus
, p. p. depauperare
to impoverish; L. de-
+ pauperare
to make poor, pauper
poor.] To make poor; to impoverish.
Liming does not
depauperate
; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. Mortimer.
Humility of mind which
depauperates
the spirit. Jer. Taylor.
De-pau′per-ate
,Adj.
[L.
depauperatus
, p. p.] (Bot.)
Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.
Gray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Depauperate
DEPAUPERATE
,Verb.
T.