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Pauperize

verb
(past & past part. pauperized; pres. part. pauperizing)
1.
Reduce to beggary.  Synonyms: beggar, pauperise.






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"Pauperize" Quotes from Famous Books



... Its other remedial work (part of which is now taken over by the Department of Agriculture under the Land Act of 1909), in encouraging fisheries, industries, and farm improvements out of State money, is open to criticism on the ground of its tendency to pauperize and weaken character. I do not care to pronounce on the controversy, though I think that there is much to be said for the view that money is best spent by encouraging agricultural co-operation. Many able and distinguished men have devoted their minds ...
— The Framework of Home Rule • Erskine Childers

... as the Young Men's Christian Association is sustained in cities all over the country, and by occasional entertainments. A limited endowment fund would be helpful, but too large endowment tends to pauperize a local institution. ...
— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe



Words linked to "Pauperize" :   pauperization, pauperise, impoverish, beggar, pauper



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