Part 3015

<blockquote>To forsake or <b>destitute</b> a plantation. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by <i>of</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Destituted</b> of all honor and livings. <i>Holinshed.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To disappoint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>When his expectation is <b>destituted</b>. <i>Fotherby.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Destitutely</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des"ti*tute*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In destitution.</def>

<h1>Destituteness</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des"ti*tute*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Destitution.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Destitution</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des`ti*tu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>destitutio</ets> a forsaking.]</ety> <def>The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; <as>as, the inundation caused general <ex>destitution</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Destrer, Dextrer</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw><hw>Des*trer"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dex"trer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>destrier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dextra</ets> on the right side. The squire led his master's horse beside him, on his right hand. <ets>Skeat</ets>.]</ety> <def>A war horse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Destrie</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*strie"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To destroy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Destroy</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*stroy"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Destroyed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Destroying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>destroien</ets>, <ets>destruien</ets>, <ets>destrien</ets>, OF. <ets>destruire</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82truire</ets>, fr. L. <ets>destruere</ets>, <ets>destructum</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>struere</ets> to pile up, build. See <er>Structure</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.</def>

<blockquote>But ye shall <b>destroy</b> their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. <i>Ex. xxxiv. 13.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.</def>

<blockquote>I will utterly pluck up and <b>destroy</b> that nation. <i>Jer. xii. 17.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.</def>

<blockquote>If him by force he can <b>destroy</b>, or, worse, By some false guile pervert. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle; ruin; throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate; deface; extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See <er>Demolish</er>.</syn>

<h1>Destroyable</h1> <Xpage=400>