Depauperate

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEPAUPERATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEPAUPERATING.] [L. Lat. depauperare, depauperatum, from Lat. de and pauperare, to make poor, from pauper, poor; Fr. & Sp. depauperar.] To make poor; to impoverish; to deprive of fertility or richness. [Obs.] “Depauperate the ground.” Mortimer. “Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit.” Bp. Taylor.

a. (Bot.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.