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depauperated

depauperated is the simple past and past participle of depauperate.

Meaning of depauperate

Verb

depauperate (third-person singular simple present depauperates, present participle depauperating, simple past and past participle depauperated)

  1. (obsolete) To impoverish.
    • Liming […] does not so much depauperate; the ground will last long, and beareth larger grain.1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
  2. To stunt the growth of.

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Questions about depauperated

What is depauperated the simple past and past participle of?
Depauperated is the simple past and past participle of depauperate.

Words near depauperated in the dictionary

  1. depatterning
  2. depatterns
  3. DePaul
  4. DePaulo
  5. depauperate
  6. depauperated
  7. depauperates
  8. depauperating
  9. depauperation
  10. depauperisation
  11. depauperisations

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