pauperize

pauperize
pauperization, n.pauperizer, n.
/paw"peuh ruyz'/, v.t., pauperized, pauperizing.
to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
Also, esp. Brit., pauperise.
[1825-35; PAUPER + -IZE]

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