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Etymology

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From im- +‎ poor

Verb

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impoor (third-person singular simple present impoors, present participle impooring, simple past and past participle impoored)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To impoverish.
    • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:
      Neither waves, nor thieves, nor fire
      Nor have rots impoor'd this Sire

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