Definition of Destitute. Meaning of Destitute. Synonyms of Destitute

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Destitute. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Destitute and, of course, Destitute synonyms and on the right images related to the word Destitute.

Definition of Destitute

Destitute
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.
Destitute
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.

Meaning of Destitute from wikipedia

- (2030) Also known as deep poverty, abject poverty, absolute poverty, destitution, or penury. United Nations. "Report of the World Summit for Social Development"...
- D.e.s.t.i.t.u.t.i.o.n is the first full-length album by Australian Thrash metal band Allegiance, released in 1994. The album was produced at Planet Sound...
- Benevolent asylums, also known as destitute asylums or infirmaries for the destitute, were institutions established throughout the colonies of Australia...
- The Destitute Asylum was a government-funded institution in Adelaide in the colony of South Australia, designed to support those of its citizens who had...
- Home for Destitute Catholic Children, Boston was a temporary home in Boston, M****achusetts for destitute and neglected children, aged 4 to 12, of any...
- that year. The first single was "Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute", released in August 2012. It is the first Coheed and Cambria album since...
- Sisters of the Destitute (S.D) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic women's religious institute. Venerable Mar Payyappilly Varghese Kathanar laid the foundation...
- The BJP pledged to increase pensions for senior citizens, widows, and destitute women, while introducing subsidies for LPG cylinders and free cylinders...
- to US$2,601, and its literacy rate from 16.6% to 74%. A comparatively destitute country in 1951, India has become a fast-growing major economy and a hub...
- resource extraction economy. The Austrian part of Ukraine was particularly destitute, which forced hundreds of thousands of peasants into emigration, who created...