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paupered

paupered is the simple past and past participle of pauper.

Meaning of pauper

Verb

pauper (third-person singular simple present paupers, present participle paupering, simple past and past participle paupered)

  1. (transitive) To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.
    • “There’s no sense in you paupering yourself because you’re too stubborn to take my money.” ¶ “I’m not paupering myself.”2017, Naomi Rawlings, Love's Christmas Hope, →ISBN, page 86

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Questions about paupered

What is paupered the simple past and past participle of?
Paupered is the simple past and past participle of pauper.

Words near paupered in the dictionary

  1. pauper's funeral
  2. pauper's grave
  3. pauper's graves
  4. pauperage
  5. pauperdom
  6. paupered
  7. pauperess
  8. pauperesses
  9. paupering
  10. pauperisation
  11. pauperisations

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