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dispauperizing

dispauperizing is the present participle and gerund of dispauperize.

Meaning of dispauperize

Verb

dispauperize (third-person singular simple present dispauperizes, present participle dispauperizing, simple past and past participle dispauperized)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To free from pauperism, or from paupers.
    • Thomas Whately, of Cookham, a clergyman, to whom the country is much indebted for the example he has set in dispauperizing that parish, gave me a list of books, forming a tolerable library, which were in circulation amongst his parishioners of the labouring classes, by whom they are eagerly read […]1834, Evidence on Drunkenness: Presented to the House of Commons

Questions about dispauperizing

What is dispauperizing the present participle and gerund of?
Dispauperizing is the present participle and gerund of dispauperize.

Words near dispauperizing in the dictionary

  1. dispauperises
  2. dispauperising
  3. dispauperize
  4. dispauperized
  5. dispauperizes
  6. dispauperizing
  7. dispaupers
  8. dispeace
  9. dispeed
  10. dispeeded
  11. dispeeding

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