| VERB | possession | impoverish | make poor |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | impoverish, deprive | take away |
| Sounds | ihmpaa'vrihsh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | make poor. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Narrower | bankrupt, ruin, break, smash | Reduce to bankruptcy |
| beggar, pauperize, pauperise | Reduce to beggary | |
| reduce | lessen and make more modest | |
| Broader | deprive | Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining |
| Opposite | enrich | make wealthy or richer |
| Spanish | empobrecer | |
| Catalan | empobrir | |
| Nouns | impoverishment | the act of making someone poor |
| Meaning | take away. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Synonym | deprive | |
| Narrower | disestablish | deprive (an established church) of its status |
| Broader | worsen, decline | Grow worse |
| Opposite | enrich | make better or improve in quality |
| Spanish | desproveer, empobrecer, privar | |
| Catalan | empobrir, privar | |
| Nouns | impoverishment | the act of making someone poor |
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