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in⋅di⋅gent
[in-di-juh
nt] 
–adjective
| 1. | lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished. |
| 2. | Archaic.
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–noun
| 3. | a person who is indigent. |
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| in·di·gent (ĭn'dĭ-jənt) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin indigēns, indigent-, present participle of indigēre, to need : indu-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + egēre, to lack.] in'di·gent·ly adv. |
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Indigent
In"di*gent\, a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.]1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. --Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. --Addison.
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Language Translation for : indigent
Spanish:
indigente,
German:
der, *die Arme,
Japanese:
貧困者
Main Entry: in·di·gent
Pronunciation: 'in-d&-j&nt
Function: adjective
: suffering from indigence
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