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Poverty
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.
(2):
(n.) The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Poverty'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/poverty.html. 1828.