deprive
/dɪˈpɹaɪv/ verb
Forms deprives depriving deprived depryve deprieve
- verb (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
- verb (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
- verb (transitive) To bereave.
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Etymology
From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
- verb To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; --with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. God hath deprived her of wisdom. Job xxxix. 17.
Etymology [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriver. See Private.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deprive”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details