Dispauper

/dɪsˈpɔːpər/ verb

Definition

To remove someone from a state of poverty; to make someone no longer poor.

Etymology

From dis- (remove) + pauper (a poor person, from Latin pauper). This is an archaic or obsolete word from medieval and Renaissance English that was rarely used even then.

Kelly Says

This wonderfully obscure word shows what language-makers might have created if they wanted to talk about lifting people out of poverty—but it never caught on, probably because it sounds awkward!

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