To lift someone or something out of poverty or an impoverished state; to enrich or improve the condition of the poor.
From 'de-' (meaning to reverse or remove) plus 'pauperize' (to make poor), with '-ize' creating a verb. The word is the opposite of 'pauperize.'
This is a word social reformers might use—'to depauperize the working classes'—meaning to lift them out of poverty through education or economic change. It's the antonym of pauperize!
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