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impoverish

Meaning of “impoverish”

To make poor, despoil, or bring low.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Jeremiah 5:17

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
Jeremiah 5:17
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:17 · retained source text

And they shall eate vp thine haruest and thy bread, which thy sonnes and thy daughters should eate: they shall eate vp thy flockes and thine heards: they shall eate vp thy vines and thy figtrees: they shall impouerish thy fenced cities wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

1611 marginal noteLeu.26.16. deut. 28.31.33.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 954