(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:20:15

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.

 

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