impoor

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ poor.

Verb

impoor (third-person singular simple present impoors, present participle impooring, simple past and past participle impoored)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To impoverish.
   • 1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe:

     Neither waves, nor thieves, nor fire
     Nor have rots impoor'd this Sire

References

• “impoor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.