Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depauperize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-pau-per-ize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To free from paupers or pauperism.

Dated; Transitive verb

verb

To rescue from poverty.

Transitive verb

verb

To impoverish, to make poor (to make depauperate).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"in Scotland, where the pauper child has been placed out to board with a cottager at an expense, covering everything, of 9l. a year. Here it has been proved what family kindness, shown even by strangers, will do to depauperise"
"Now it seemed, not only was labor insufficient to depauperize the population, the labor process itself was now seen to be threatening social disorder and mass demoralization […]"

Etymology

From de- + pauperize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Inflected Forms

depauperizes (present, singular) depauperizing (participle, present) depauperized (participle, past) depauperized (past)

Synonyms

dispauperize depauperate pauperize ruin beggar depauperize destitute embeggar empoverish immiserate impoor impoverish

Questions

What does depauperize mean?: To free from paupers or pauperism.
Where does depauperize come from?: From de- + pauperize.

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