SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN verb (used with object), de·prived, de·priv·ing. to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
to remove from ecclesiastical office.
Origin of deprive 1275–1325; Middle English depriven <
Anglo-French, Old French depriver <
Medieval Latin dēprīvāre, equivalent to
Latin dē- de- +
prīvāre to deprive (
prīv(us )
private +
-āre infinitive suffix)
Related forms de·priv·a·ble , adjective de·priv·al , noun de·priv·a·tive [dih-priv -uh -tiv] /dɪˈprɪv ə tɪv/ adjective de·priv·er , noun non·de·priv·a·ble , adjective pre·de·prive , verb (used with object), pre·de·prived, pre·de·priv·ing. self-de·priv·ing , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for deprive bereave ,
bankrupt ,
rob ,
dispossess ,
strip ,
divest ,
oust ,
expropriate ,
seize ,
wrest ,
dismantle ,
denude ,
despoil ,
dock ,
bare ,
lose ,
skim ,
disrobe ,
disinherit ,
stiff Examples from the Web for deprive Contemporary Examples of deprive “Scorched earth,” historically, means destroying land to deprive the encroaching enemy of its use.
It would also deprive a lot of kids like Henry of the opportunity to present their asylum claims.
But in principle you could deprive humans of all kind of things to see what happened.
Is the market an inert force to be manipulated and exploited, to deprive it of hard-earned cash?
And to deprive somebody for money of heath care or [medical] testing is bordering on criminal.
Historical Examples of deprive What can I do, pray, to give her my fortune and deprive my children of it?
That it is impossible to deprive men of the liberty of saying what they think.
In the meantime there was no necessity to deprive them of their ponies.
No power on earth can deprive him of his rights as an American citizen.
Deprive him of the power of management, and it might cost Mr. Channing his place.
British Dictionary definitions for deprive verb (tr) (foll by of) to prevent from possessing or enjoying; dispossess (of)
archaic to remove from rank or office; depose; demote
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Derived Forms deprivable , adjective deprival , noun depriver , noun Word Origin for deprive C14: from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvāre, from Latin de- + prīvāre to deprive of, rob; see private
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Word Origin and History for deprive v. mid-14c., from Old French depriver , from Medieval Latin deprivare , from Latin de- "entirely" (see de- ) + privare "release from" (see private ). Replaced Old English bedælan . Related: Deprived ; depriving .
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
v. To take something from someone or something.
To keep from possessing or enjoying something.
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