Impoverish

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.

(2): ( v. t.) To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.

King James Dictionary

Impov'Erish,

1. To make poor to reduce to poverty or indigence. Idleness and vice are sure to impoverish individuals and families. 2. To exhaust strength, richness or fertility as, to impoverish land by frequent cropping.