2. The fee or fine for impounding.
IMPOUNDER
Im*pound"er, n.
Defn: One who impounds.
IMPOVERISH
Im*pov"er*ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impoverished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impoverishing.] Etym: [OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor,
F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L.
ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish.]
1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land.
IMPOVERISHER
Im*pov"er*ish*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, impoverishes.
IMPOVERISHMENT Im*pov"er*ish*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.]
Defn: The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott.