Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to impoverish
Participle: impoverished
Gerund: impoverishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | impoverish |
| you | impoverish |
| he;she;it | impoverishes |
| we | impoverish |
| you | impoverish |
| they | impoverish |
Perfect
| I | have impoverished |
| you | have impoverished |
| he;she;it | has impoverished |
| we | have impoverished |
| you | have impoverished |
| they | have impoverished |
Past
| I | impoverished |
| you | impoverished |
| he;she;it | impoverished |
| we | impoverished |
| you | impoverished |
| they | impoverished |
Pluperfect
| I | had impoverished |
| you | had impoverished |
| he;she;it | had impoverished |
| we | had impoverished |
| you | had impoverished |
| they | had impoverished |
Future
| I | will impoverish |
| you | will impoverish |
| he;she;it | will impoverish |
| we | will impoverish |
| you | will impoverish |
| they | will impoverish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have impoverished |
| you | will have impoverished |
| he;she;it | will have impoverished |
| we | will have impoverished |
| you | will have impoverished |
| they | will have impoverished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | impoverish |
| you | impoverish |
| he;she;it | impoverish |
| we | impoverish |
| you | impoverish |
| they | impoverish |
Perfect
| I | have impoverished |
| you | have impoverished |
| he;she;it | have impoverished |
| we | have impoverished |
| you | have impoverished |
| they | have impoverished |
Imperfect
| I | impoverished |
| you | impoverished |
| he;she;it | impoverished |
| we | impoverished |
| you | impoverished |
| they | impoverished |
Pluperfect
| I | had impoverished |
| you | had impoverished |
| he;she;it | had impoverished |
| we | had impoverished |
| you | had impoverished |
| they | had impoverished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would impoverish |
| you | would impoverish |
| he;she;it | would impoverish |
| we | would impoverish |
| you | would impoverish |
| they | would impoverish |
Perfect
| I | would have impoverished |
| you | would have impoverished |
| he;she;it | would have impoverished |
| we | would have impoverished |
| you | would have impoverished |
| they | would have impoverished |
Imperative
| you | impoverish |
| we | Let's impoverish |
| you | impoverish |
Verbs conjugated like 'impoverish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'impoverish'
empoverish,
deperish,
disperish,
hooverise,
Hooverise,
imperil,
impower,
improvise,
isomerise,
overfish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor). See: Middle English '
empoverishen'.
Sample Sentences
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That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.
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To many of us, organized religion is obnoxious. Yet if we throw out the sense of peace, order and joy that flows from religious ritual, we impoverish ourselves. [1979 December 22, Nancy Walker, “The Reaffirmation of Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 16:]