Impoverishment

Impoverishment
Impoverishment Im*pov"er*ish*ment, n. [Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.] The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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