About The Word Impoverishment
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Impoverishment
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What's The Definition Of Impoverishment?
[n] the act of making someone poor
[n] the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions Synonyms | Synonyms for Impoverishment: pauperisation | pauperization | poorness | poverty Related Terms | Find terms related to Impoverishment: See Also | beggary | deprivation | deprivation | destitution | economic condition | financial condition | impecuniousness | indigence | need | pauperism | pauperization | pennilessness | penuriousness | penury | privation | privation | want Impoverishment In Webster's Dictionary \Im*pov"er*ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF.
empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.]
The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished;
reduction to poverty. --Sir W. Scott.
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