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depauperates

depauperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 depauperates

What is depauperates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Depauperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of depauperate.

Words near depauperates in the dictionary

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

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