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Definition of: depauperate
(dē·pô′pə·rāt) v.t. ·at·ed, ·at·ing
To deprive of fertility or richness; impoverish; exhaust.
—adjective (-rit)
1. Bot. Diminutive or imperfectly developed, as if starved: said of plants grown in poor soil.
2. Obs. Impoverished. [<Med. L depauperatus, pp. of depauperare <L de- down + pauperare make poor <pauper poor]
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