Category:Depauperate

De*pau"per*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Depauperated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depauperating.] Etym: [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.]

Defn: To make poor; to impoverish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor.

depauperate De*pau"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.)

Defn: Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.