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Meanings of pauperize in English

Portuguese
empobrecer
Catalan
depauperar
Spanish
depauperar

Reduce to beggary.

empobrecer
Synonyms
Examples for "beggar"
Examples for "beggar"
1
The beggar again made signs of the cross repeatedly in the air.
The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
2
He was not a beggar & was obviously having a good time.
The new yorker
3
And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
4
The beggar rose and walked toward the second booth on the right.
The bourne identity
5
The pretended beggar took the coin, and put it in his pocket.
The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 3
1
No adventurous schemer could impoverish his family by the spirit of speculation.
History of the Conquest of Peru
2
The trees, he says with reason, impoverish the soil by their roots.
At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
3
We are stealing that which enriches us and does not impoverish them.
Confessions and Criticisms
4
Giving does not impoverish either her ample purse or her generous heart.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
5
True genius will not impoverish, but will liberate, and add new senses.
Representative Men: Seven Lectures
1
The banking crisis still has the potential to pauperise a generation.
The Irish Times
2
You made me pauperise her father, Sim; I'm sorry it was not worse.
Doom Castle
3
Besides, if we pauperise Germany, no one-noteven Belgium-willget a pound of indemnity.
The War After the War
4
A big windfall would not pauperise a man.
Howards End
5
She'll simply make ducks and drakes of it, give it away to all and sundry, pauperise the whole neighbourhood.
Penny Plain
Usage of pauperize in English
1
Would it have corrupted him, since pauperize him further it could not?
Seven English Cities
2
It may even be worse than wasted; it may encourage shiftlessness, it may pauperize.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
3
That charity which is personal can neither harden nor pauperize.
As We Are and As We May Be
4
Cheque-charity may harden the heart of him who gives, and pauperize him who takes.
As We Are and As We May Be
5
Which course would be most sure to pauperize them utterly?
White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor
6
What course would be most sure to pauperize them utterly?
White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor
7
It is such a pity to pauperize the people.
The Sowers
8
They flocked to her, though she did not pauperize them by giving her services free.
The Second Generation
9
He did not propose to pauperize his farm by applying his personal ignorance to working it.
Life on the Mississippi
10
We ought not to pauperize them at all.
White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor
11
Shall he pauperize himself just for a cousin?
The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
12
But, after all, you may pauperize people almost as rapidly in the attic as in the almshouse.
White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor
13
I asked whether this provision of gratis food did in fact pauperize the population, as has been alleged.
Regeneration / Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvat...
14
It won't pauperize me, you bet.
Pygmalion
15
That to open opportunities to them does not pauperize or degrade, but has the opposite effect of elevating and ennobling.
Three Acres and Liberty
16
Almsgiving by individuals very often pauperizes rather than helps the individual to help himself.
Problems in American Democracy
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Translations for pauperize
Portuguese
empobrecer
Catalan
depauperar
Spanish
depauperar
Pauperize through the time