impoor
impoor verb: to impoverish.
Verb
impoor (third-person singular simple present impoors, present participle impooring, simple past and past participle impoored)
- To impoverish.
- Neither waves, nor thieves, nor fire
Nor have rots impoor'd this Sire1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe
- Synonyms:
- embeggar, pauperize, poor, beggar, depauperate, depauperize, destitute, empoverish, immiserate, impoverish
- Neither waves, nor thieves, nor fire
Synonyms of impoor
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Forms of impoor
| third-person singular present | impoors |
|---|---|
| present participle | impooring |
| past participle | impoored |
| past | impoored |
Origin of impoor
From im- + poor.
Questions about impoor
- What does impoor mean?
- Impoor means to impoverish.
- What part of speech is impoor?
- Impoor is a verb.
- What is the past tense of impoor?
- The past tense of impoor is impoored.
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