pauperize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- pauperization noun
- pauperizer noun
Etymology
Origin of pauperize
Example Sentences
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Arose Alexander R. Sheppard, great public spirit, great builder, to pave and light streets, lay sewers, plant trees, pauperize himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Runaway price boosts might wipe out savings, pauperize individuals, bring down governments —but usually in only one or a few countries at any specific time, and for what seemed fairly clear reasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus it cannot be said of these homes as is said of many institutions, that they pauperize men in place of helping them.
From The Social Work of the Salvation Army by Lamb, Edwin Gifford
That furnishing free books tends to pauperize the community and to discourage the purchase of books for home use.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore
Her development came when the church made another future possible to her by refusing to pauperize the family.
From The Leaven in a Great City by Betts, Lillian William
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