pauperize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb reduce to beggary
    pauperise; beggar.

WordNet

Pau"per*ize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pauperized ; present participle & verbal noun Pauperizing
Definitions
  1. To reduce to pauperism; as, to pauperize the peasantry.

Webster 1913