depauperate
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (adjective) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɔːpəɹət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (verb) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɔːpəɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English depauperat (“impoverished”), from Medieval Latin depauperātus (“impoverished”), past participle of depauperō (“to impoverish”), itself from Latin de- + pauperō (“to impoverish”), from pauper (“poor”). Equivalent to de- + pauper + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with Italian depauperare, Spanish depauperar.
Adjective
[edit]depauperate (comparative more depauperate, superlative most depauperate)
- (botany, of a plant, etc.) Having stunted growth[1]
- (obsolete) Impoverished.
- Having a limited biodiversity.
- 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 35,
- "...because of Kamchatka's isolation from mainland river systems, its streams are relatively depauperate of other fresh water fish, leaving Oncorhynchus species to face few competitors and predators."
- 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 35,
Etymology 2
[edit]From the above adjective, see -ate for more. Equivalent to de- + pauper + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
[edit]depauperate (third-person singular simple present depauperates, present participle depauperating, simple past and past participle depauperated)
- (obsolete) To impoverish.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
- Liming […] does not so much depauperate; the ground will last long, and beareth larger grain.
- 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:
- Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit.
- To stunt the growth of.
References
[edit]- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Depauperate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]depauperate
- inflection of depauperare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]depauperate f pl
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]depauperate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of depauperar combined with te
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