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impauperare

impauperare [LL, cf. AN enpov(e)rer; OF, AN empoverir < *impauperascere] , to impoverish, make poor. c1215 si quis velit pauperem bene castigare, / non oportet aliud quam inpauperare Ps.-Map 171; 1275 ballivi Linc’ perdunt theolonium et consuetudinem debitam de tron’, per quod plures ballivi inpauperantur Hund. I 317a.

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