The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depauperating
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.
Wiktionary
depauperating
vb. (present participle of depauperate English)