单词 | poorify |
释义 | poorifyv. transitive. To make poor; to impoverish.There is no evidence of continuity of use between the examples given here. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.1711 |
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