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paupering

paupering is the present participle and gerund 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 paupering

What is paupering the present participle and gerund of?
Paupering is the present participle and gerund of pauper.

Words near paupering in the dictionary

  1. pauperage
  2. pauperdom
  3. paupered
  4. pauperess
  5. pauperesses
  6. paupering
  7. pauperisation
  8. pauperisations
  9. pauperise
  10. pauperised
  11. pauperises

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