Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Depauperate \De*pau"per*ate\, a. [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.)
   Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or
   starved. --Gray.

Depauperate \De*pau"per*ate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Depauperated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depauperating}.] [LL.
   depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- +
   pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.]
   To make poor; to impoverish.

         Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long,
         and bear large grain.                    --Mortimer.

         Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.