destituent

English

Etymology

From Latin destituens (“abandoning”), present participle of destituo (“I forsake, I abandon”).

Adjective

destituent (comparative more destituent, superlative most destituent)

  1. (obsolete) deficient; lacking
    a destituent condition
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for destituent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Pronunciation

Verb

destituent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of destituer
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of destituer

Latin

Verb

dēstituent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēstituō
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