† deˈpoverish, v. Obs.
[f. de- I. 1, 3 + radical of impoverish: cf. OF. apovrir, apovriss-, F. appauvrir, f. povre, pauvre poor; also depauper, depauperate.]
trans. To make poor, impoverish.
1568 Grafton Chron. II. 350 So is your power depoverished, and Lordes and great men brought to infelicitie. |