deprive
- 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.
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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?
The Imaginary InvalidMolire
That it is impossible to deprive men of the liberty of saying what they think.
A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV]Benedict of Spinoza
In the meantime there was no necessity to deprive them of their ponies.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
No power on earth can deprive him of his rights as an American citizen.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
Deprive him of the power of management, and it might cost Mr. Channing his place.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
deprive
- (foll by of) to prevent from possessing or enjoying; dispossess (of)
- archaic to remove from rank or office; depose; demote
Word Origin for deprive
Word Origin and History for deprive
deprive
(dĭ-prīv′)- To take something from someone or something.
- To keep from possessing or enjoying something.