\De*pau"per*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
{Depauperated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depauperating}.] [LL.
depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- +
pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.]
To make poor; to impoverish.
      Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long,
      and bear large grain.                    --Mortimer.
      Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. --Jer.
                                               Taylor.

\De*pau"per*ate\, a. [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.)
Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or
starved. --Gray.