pau·per·ize \ˈpȯpəˌrīz\transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology:pauper (I) + -ize : to make a pauper of : reduce to abject poverty : imbue with the spirit of a pauper : beggar, impoverish < those ragged days when he was only a shaver and his old man was a pauperized greenhorn — J.T.Farrell >