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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

impoor en · VERB

Etymology

From im- + poor.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To impoverish.
    • Neither waves, nor thieves, nor fire Nor have rots impoor'd this Sire 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
impoors Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
impooring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
impoored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
impoored Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

ruin · embeggar · poor · beggar · empoverish · poor · embeggar · depauperate · immiserate · impoor · depauperize · pauperize · impoverish · pauperize · poverish · destitute