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Definition of: destitute
(des′tə·tt, -tyt) adjective
1. Not having or possessing; entirely lacking: with of.
2. Being in want; extremely poor.
3. Obs. Desolate; forsaken. [<L destitutus, pp. of destituere abandon <de- down + statuere set, place]
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