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depauperating

depauperating is the present participle and gerund 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 depauperating

What is depauperating the present participle and gerund of?
Depauperating is the present participle and gerund of depauperate.

Words near depauperating in the dictionary

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

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