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des·ti·tute    Audio Help   [des-ti-toot, -tyoot] Pronunciation Key adjective, verb, -tut·ed, -tut·ing.
–adjective
1.without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter.
2.deprived of, devoid of, or lacking (often fol. by of): destitute of children.
–verb (used with object)
3.to leave destitute.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L déstitūtus (ptp. of déstituere to abandon, deprive of support), equiv. to dé- de- + stit- place, put (comb. form of statuere; see statute) + -ū- thematic vowel + -tus ptp. suffix]

des·ti·tute·ly, adverb
des·ti·tute·ness, noun

1. needy, poor, indigent, necessitous, penniless, impoverished. 2. deficient.
1. affluent.
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des·ti·tute    Audio Help   (děs'tĭ-tōōt', -tyōōt')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Utterly lacking; devoid: Young recruits destitute of any experience.
  2. Lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.


[Middle English, from Latin dēstitūtus, past participle of dēstituere, to abandon : dē-, de- + statuere, to set; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

des'ti·tute'ness n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
destitute 
c.1382, from L. destitutus "abandoned," pp. of destituere "forsake," from de- "away" + statuere "put, place," caus. of stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally literal; sense of "lacking resources, impoverished" is c.1540.

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destitute

adjective
1. poor enough to need help from others 
2. completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn: barren

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
destitute [ˈdestitjuːt] adjective
in great need of food, shelter etc
Example: They were left destitute when he died.
Arabic: مُعْوِز، مُعْدِم، خالي الوِفاض
Chinese (Simplified): 缺乏的;一贫如洗的
Chinese (Traditional): 缺乏的;一貧如洗的
Czech: bez prostředků, strádající
Danish: forarmet
Dutch: berooid
Estonian: puudustkannatav
Finnish: puutteenalainen
French: sans ressources
German: mittellos
Greek: άπορος
Hungarian: nélkülöző
Icelandic: blásnauður
Indonesian: miskin
Italian: bisognoso, indigente
Japanese: 貧困な
Korean: 극빈한
Latvian: trūcīgs; nabadzīgs
Lithuanian: be lėšų, skurstantis
Norwegian: lutfattig, uten midler
Polish: bez środków do życia
Portuguese (Brazil): pobre, destituído
Portuguese (Portugal): indigente
Romanian: fără mijloace (de trai), sărac
Russian: в полной нищете
Slovak: bez prostriedkov
Slovenian: obubožan
Spanish: indigente
Swedish: utblottad, nödlidande
Turkish: yoksul, muhtaç
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.
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Destitute

Des"ti*tute\, v. t. 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.]

To forsake or destitute a plantation. --Bacon.

2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [Obs.]

Destituted of all honor and livings. --Holinshed.

3. To disappoint. [Obs.]

When his expectation is destituted. --Fotherby.
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