impoor

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verb

To impoverish.

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embeggarpauperizepoorbeggardepauperatedepauperizedestituteempoverish
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Meanings

verbimpoor (third-person singular simple present impoors, present participle impooring, simple past and past participle impoored)

present singular third person impoors · participle present impooring · participle past impoored · past impoored

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo impoverish.

    Neither waves, nor thieves, nor fire Nor have rots impoor'd this Sire

    1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe

    Synonyms: embeggar, pauperize, poor, beggar, depauperate, depauperize, destitute, embeggar

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo impoverish.

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embeggarpauperizepoorbeggardepauperatedepauperizedestituteembeggarempoverishimmiserateimpoverishpauperizepoorpoverishruin
Also see
beggardepauperatedepauperizedestituteembeggarimmiserateimpoverishpauperizepoorpoverishruin

Origin

From im- + poor.

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Cite this entry
APA

impoor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoor

MLA

“impoor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impoor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impoor.

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