"empoverish" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: empoverishes [present, singular, third-person], empoverishing [participle, present], empoverished [participle, past], empoverished [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} empoverish (third-person singular simple present empoverishes, present participle empoverishing, simple past and past participle empoverished)
  1. Obsolete spelling of impoverish Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: impoverish
    Sense id: en-empoverish-en-verb-Up5kno10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for empoverish meaning in English (2.1kB)

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