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English Dictionary: indigent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for indigent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indigent adj poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indigent \In"digent\, 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.