immiserize
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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But then, monastic severity was for the purging of a troubled conscience, or for the hope of an immense prize, neither of which conditions is to be supposed here.
From Plato and Platonism by Pater, Walter
The captured galleon Pilar gave one-and-a-half million pesos to the enemy—the Covadonga was an immense prize.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
Then there was the immense prize that success would award him.
From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland
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