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de⋅prive

  [di-prahyv]
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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 dēprīvāre, equiv. to L dē- de- + prīvāre to deprive (prīv(us) private + -āre inf. suffix)

Related forms:
de⋅priv⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅priv⋅al, noun
de⋅priv⋅a⋅tive  [di-priv-uh-tiv] , adjective
de⋅priv⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See strip.
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de·prive   (dĭ-prīv')   
tr.v.   de·prived, de·priv·ing, de·prives
  1. To take something away from: The court ruling deprived us of any share in the inheritance.
  2. To keep from possessing or enjoying; deny: They were deprived of a normal childhood by the war.
  3. 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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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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Language Translation for : deprive
Spanish: privar de,
German: berauben, entziehen,
Japanese: ～から奪う
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deprive 
c.1325, from M.L. deprivare, from L. de- "entirely" + privare "release from." Replaced O.E. bedælan.
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Main Entry: de·prive
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: de·prived; de·priv·ing
: to take away or withhold something from deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law —U.S. Constitution amendment V> —dep·ri·va·tion /"de-pr&-'vA-sh&n, "dE-"prI-/ noun
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Main Entry: de·prive
Pronunciation: di-'prIv
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: de·prived; de·priv·ing
: to take something away from and especially something that is usually considered essential for mental or physical well-being deprived of oxygen>
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deprive de·prive (dĭ-prīv')
v. de·prived, de·priv·ing, de·prives

  1. To take something from someone or something.
  2. To keep from possessing or enjoying something.

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