Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Impoverishment; depauperization.

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  • This is, however, very different from the general face of the country; in a short time, after passing over the rich prairie, the same dry aridity and depauperation prevailed, which is almost universal west of the mountains.

    Townsend Chapter 5 1839

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