| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To make poor; to impoverish.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: depauperating, depauperated, depauperates, depauperater, depauperaters, depauperatingly and depauperatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.[Websters]
2. Being prostrate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb depauperately.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (depauperately) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective depauperate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEPAUPERATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPAUPERATE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To make poor; to impoverish; to deprive of fertility or richness; as, to depauperate the soil or the blood.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Administration | (Biology) An area poor in species quantities and/or diversity; an aquatic sample showing few life forms. Impoverished habitat. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (of a plant etc) Having stunted growth. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Having a limited biodiversity. (references) | 3: [Adjective] Impoverished. (references) | 4: [Verb] To impoverish. (references) | 5: [Verb] To stunt the growth of. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
