All 4 Uses of
impoverish
in
Anna Karenina
- You'll say again that I'm a reactionist, or some other terrible word; but all the same it does annoy and anger me to see on all sides the impoverishing of the nobility to which I belong, and, in spite of the amalgamation of classes, I'm glad to belong.†
Part 2impoverishing = making poor
- And their impoverishment is not due to extravagance—that would be nothing; living in good style —that's the proper thing for noblemen; it's only the nobles who know how to do it.†
Part 2impoverishment = the act of making poor; or the state of being poor
- But I do mind seeing the process of impoverishment from a sort of—I don't know what to call it—innocence.†
Part 2 *
- In consequence of this, in the higher spheres, and even in society, all was chaos, and although everyone was interested, no one could tell whether the native tribes really were becoming impoverished and ruined, or whether they were in a flourishing condition.†
Part 4impoverished = poor, or (more rarely) made poor
Definition:
make someone poorer; or make something less valuable