Destitute \Des"ti*tute\, v. t.
1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.]
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To forsake or destitute a plantation. --Bacon.
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2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; --
followed by of. [Obs.]
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Destituted of all honor and livings. --Holinshed.
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3. To disappoint. [Obs.]
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When his expectation is destituted. --Fotherby.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Destitute \Des"ti*tute\, a. [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere
to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See
Statute.]
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary,
or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often
followed by of.
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In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
--Ps. cxli. 8.
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Totally destitute of all shadow of influence.
--Burke.
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2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of
want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.
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They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented. --Heb. xi.
37.
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "destitute":
badly off, bankrupt, bereft of, broke, broken, busted, deficient,
depleted, deprived of, destitute of, devoid of, divested,
down-and-out, drained, empty, exhausted, failed, fortuneless,
hard up, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in need,
in receivership, in the gutter, in the red, in want, indigent,
innocent, insolvent, landless, moneyless, necessitous, needy,
on the rocks, out of funds, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty,
poverty-stricken, propertyless, ruined, stripped, void, without,
without a sou
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Destitute \Des"ti*tute\, a. [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere
to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See
Statute.]
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary,
or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often
followed by of.
In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
--Ps. cxli. 8.
Totally destitute of all shadow of influence.
--Burke.
2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of
want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented. --Heb. xi.
37.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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