indigen

n. Indigence. [ 1913 Webster ]

New indigencies founded upon new desires. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. indigena: cf. F. indigène. See Indigenous. ] One born in a country; an aboriginal animal or plant; an autochthon. Evelyn. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL. indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See In, and Gender. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap. Lion Playas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Native; inherent; innate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]