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–verb (used with object), -prived, -priv·ing.

1.	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.

2.	to remove from ecclesiastical office.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME depriven < AF, OF depriver < ML déprīvāre, equiv. to L dé- de- + prīvāre to deprive (prīv(us) private + -āre inf. suffix)

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de·priv·a·ble, adjective

de·priv·al, noun

de·priv·a·tive

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de·priv·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. See strip.

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tr.v. de·prived, de·priv·ing, de·prives

To take something away from: The court ruling deprived us of any share in the inheritance.
To keep from possessing or enjoying; deny: They were deprived of a normal childhood by the war.
To remove from office.

[Middle English depriven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvāre : Latin dē-, de- + Latin prīvāre, to rob (from prīvus, alone, without; see per¹ in Indo-European roots).]

de·priv'a·ble adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
deprive

c.1325, from M.L. deprivare, from L. de- "entirely" + privare "release from." Replaced O.E. bedælan.

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deprive
verb
1.	take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
2.	keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
3.	take away [ant: enrich]

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deprive [diˈpraiv] verb

(with of) to take something away from
Example: They deprived him of food and drink.

Arabic:	يَحْرِم، يُجَرِّد من
Chinese (Simplified):	剥夺
Chinese (Traditional):	剝奪
Czech:	zbavit, připravit (koho o co)
Danish:	fratage; berøve
Dutch:	beroven, onthouden
Estonian:	ära võtma
Finnish:	riistää
French:	priver (de)
German:	berauben, entziehen
Greek:	(απο)στερώ
Hungarian:	megfoszt
Icelandic:	svipta með valdi
Indonesian:	merampas
Italian:	privare di*

Japanese:	～から奪う
Korean:	빼앗다
Latvian:	atņemt; liegt
Lithuanian:	atimti
Norwegian:	berøve, ta fra, unndra
Polish:	pozbawiać
Portuguese (Brazil):	privar
Portuguese (Portugal):	privar
Romanian:	a priva (de)
Russian:	лишать
Slovak:	zbaviť
Slovenian:	odvzeti
Spanish:	privar de
Swedish:	beröva, ta ifrån
Turkish:	yoksun bırakmak

See also: deprived, deprivation

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Deprive

De*prive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived; p. pr. & vb. n. Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriver. See Private.]

1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]

'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak.

2. 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.

It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. --Macaulay.

3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.

A miniser deprived for inconformity. --Bacon.

Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.

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