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immiserate Related to immiserate: stabilise, reorienting, scrutinised, overhypedim·mis·er·ate I0048850 (ĭ-mĭz′ə-rāt′)tr.v. im·mis·er·at·ed, im·mis·er·at·ing, im·mis·er·ates To make miserable; impoverish. [New Latin immiserāre, immiserāt- (translation of German verelenden, to sink into misery : ver-, causative pref. + Elend, poverty) : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin miser, wretched.] im·mis′er·a′tion n.im•mis•er•ate (ɪˈmɪs əˌreɪt) v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. to make wretched; impoverish. [1940–45; im-3 + miser(able) + -ate1; translation of German Verelendung] im•mis`er•a′tion, n. |