Dictionary entry

Destitute (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Des″ti‐tute, v. t. 1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.

To forsake or destitute a plantation. Bacon.

2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; — followed by of.

Destituted of all honor and livings. Holinshed.

3. To disappoint.

When his expectation is destituted. Fotherby.