VERB | possession | impoverish | make poor |
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change | impoverish, deprive | take away |
Sounds | ihmpaa'vrihsh | |
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Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... |
Meaning | make poor. | |
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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. | |
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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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