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单词 poorify
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poorifyv.

Brit. /ˈpɔːrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpʊrəˌfaɪ/, /ˈpɔrəˌfaɪ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poor adj., -ify suffix.
Etymology: < poor adj. + -ify suffix, with punning allusion to purify v. Compare poor v.
transitive. To make poor; to impoverish.There is no evidence of continuity of use between the examples given here.
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the mind > possession > poverty > make poor or impoverish [verb (transitive)]
destroy1297
poverisha1382
apoora1400
impover1418
poora1425
dispurveyc1430
impoverish1440
beggar1528
weaken1530
ruinate1547
ruin1560
depauper1562
depoverish1569
craze1573
soak1577
sift1591
waste1599
impoor1613
uncluea1616
depauperate1623
disenrich1647
necessitate1647
erumnate1676
straiten1699
poorify1711
pauperize1806
pauperate1839
pauper1841
to clear out1884
immiserate1956
penny-pincha1961
immiserize1971
1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 6 That Prince seem'd calculat rather for Poorifying (pardon the Clench) than Purifying the Church.
2005 home20.inet.tele.dk 11 Aug. (O.E.D. archive) This ideal breaking off means ‘abstractification’, ‘objectification’, and idealisation; their concepts thereby being ‘purified’ (or ‘poorified’!).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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