pauperized
pauperized is the simple past and past participle of pauperize.
Meaning of pauperize
Verb
pauperize (third-person singular simple present pauperizes, present participle pauperizing, simple past and past participle pauperized)
- To make someone a pauper; to impoverish.
- This is an Education which consists in the outleading of the blackguardizing, pauperizing, vagrant-like, and theftuous elements of the mentality, entirely withdrawn, and apart from any moral guidance, any elevating tendency, any ameliorating influence, nay, directly under the direction of the...1851, Philomathos, “Ought Government to Provide a Secular Education For the People?”, in The British Controversialist: And Literary Magazine, number 13, page 351
- Synonyms:
- beggar, depauperate, destitute, depauperize, embeggar, empoverish, immiserate, impoor, impoverish, poor
Questions about pauperized
- What is pauperized the simple past and past participle of?
- Pauperized is the simple past and past participle of pauperize.
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