Dispauperize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To free from pauperism, or from paupers. obsolete, transitive
"Thomas Whately, of Cookham, a clergyman, to whom the country is much indebted for the example he has set in dispauperizing that parish, gave me a list of books, forming a tolerable library, which were in circulation amongst his parishioners of the labouring classes, by whom they are eagerly read […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"Thomas Whately, of Cookham, a clergyman, to whom the country is much indebted for the example he has set in dispauperizing that parish, gave me a list of books, forming a tolerable library, which were in circulation amongst his parishioners of the labouring classes, by whom they are eagerly read […]"
Etymology
From dis- + pauperize.
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