vt to exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
2. impoverish ·vt to make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
vt to exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
2. impoverish ·vt to make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012