Usage of "impoverish"

portugués

privar

catalán

privar

español

privar

Take away.

deprive

enrich

privar

To make poor.

Uso de impoverish en inglés

No adventurous schemer could impoverish his family by the spirit of speculation. 
 History of the Conquest of Peru 

The trees, he says with reason, impoverish the soil by their roots. 
 At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies 

We are stealing that which enriches us and does not impoverish them. 
 Confessions and Criticisms 

Giving does not impoverish either her ample purse or her generous heart. 
 Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author 

True genius will not impoverish, but will liberate, and add new senses. 
 Representative Men: Seven Lectures 

How we impoverish ourselves by separating these precious gifts from their Giver? 
 My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year 

By supposing that evolutionary science and religion are in conflict, creationists impoverish religion. 
 Skeptics and true believers: the exhilarating connection between... 

Access to worldwide publications, poetry, literature, etc., can only enrich rather than impoverish. 
 The Irish Times 

They took nothing from the general mass, and would not impoverish their neighbours. 
 Recollections of My Youth 

The surest way to impoverish your heart is to hoard up your love. 
 Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals 

To sell on these ruinous terms was to impoverish himself and his family. 
 Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynast... 

They impoverish already poor people and drive them to food banks. 
 The Guardian 

Why then should the low Egyptian rabble impoverish our lord and thee, Sarah? 
 The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 

The political troubles in France had operated in ways greatly to impoverish his house. 
 Adèle Dubois / A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Bru... 

If you isolate areas you will greatly impoverish urban areas. 
 The Guardian 

In short, you spend your substance in vain, and impoverish yourselves without a hope. 
 The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): The America... 