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pauperize

[ paw-puh-rahyz ]

/ ˈpɔ pəˌraɪz /

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verb (used with object), pau·per·ized, pau·per·iz·ing.

to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.

Also especially British, pau·per·ise.

Origin of pauperize

First recorded in 1825–35; pauper + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM pauperize

pau·per·i·za·tion, noun pau·per·iz·er, noun

Words nearby pauperize

paumotu archipelago, paunch, paunchy, pauper, pauperism, pauperize, paupiette, paur, pauraque, pauropod, pausanias

Example sentences from the Web for pauperize

Has Salt Lake City abolished any of the social evils that pauperize her people?

Broke |Edwin A. Brown
It is very easy to pauperize the people of the Orient, but your methods prevent this.

The Red Cross in Peace and War |Clara Barton
There were some women who hesitated before they consented to pauperize themselves by marrying.

What eight million women want |Rheta Childe Dorr
Her development came when the church made another future possible to her by refusing to pauperize the family.

The Leaven in a Great City |Lillian William Betts

It might pauperize the parents and destroy parental responsibility.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |Robert Tressell

British Dictionary definitions for pauperize

pauperize

pauperise

/ (ˈpɔːpəˌraɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make a pauper of; impoverish