Impoverish

im-poVer-ish, v. [-ished (-isht), -ish- ing.] To make poor, reduce to poverty; to exhaust the strength, richne , or fertility of. [Corrupt, F. appovrir, to impoverish, appovri ement, a beggaring, ap- (L. ad), towards, and OF. porre, poor, q. v.] — Impoverishment, n. Act of, or state of being, etc. Imprecate, im^pre-kat, v. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous; to invoke, as evil. [L. in and precari, -catum, to pray.] — Imprecation, n. Act of imprecating, or invoking evil on any one; malediction; curse; execration; anathema. — Im^precatory, -to-rt, a. Maledictory. Impregnate, im-preg^nat, v. To make pregnant, get with young; to render fruitful or fertile, fertilize; to infuse particles of another substance into.— a. Rendered prolific or fruitful impregnated. [L. impr gnare, -nation, in and pr gnavs, prsegnas, pregnant.] — Impregnation, n. Act of impregnating; fecundation; state of being impregnated; intimate mixture of parts or particles; infusion; saturation. — Impregn', -pren', v. To impregnate. eve, term In, Ice 6dd, 6r;