immiserate

(ĭ-mĭzˈə-rātˌ)

transitive verb im·mis·er·at·ed, im·mis·er·at·ing, im·mis·er·ates
To make miserable; impoverish.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin immiserāre, immiserāt- (translation of German verelenden, to sink into misery : ver-, causative pref. + Elend, poverty)

Origin: : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2

Origin: + Latin miser, wretched

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Related Forms:

  • im·misˌer·aˈtion noun
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