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(1):

(v. t.) To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.

(2):

(n.) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.

(3):

(a.) Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.

(4):

(a.) Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess).

(5):

(n.) A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person.

(6):

(a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.

(7):

(a.) Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.

(8):

(n.) A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bankrupt'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bankrupt.html. 1828.
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