About The Word Deprive

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Deprive

Deprive Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Deprive?
[v] take away
[v] keep from having, keeping, or obtaining [v] take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deprive: divest | impoverish | strip Related Terms | Find terms related to Deprive: abridge | bankrupt | bare | bereave | bleed | boot | bounce | break | bump | bust | can | cashier | curtail | cut off | defrock | degrade | demote | denudate | denude | deny | deplume | depose | deprive of | disbar | discharge | disemploy | disentitle | disinherit | dismantle | dismiss | displace | displume | dispossess | disrobe | divest | dock | drain | drum out | ease one of | expel | expropriate | fire | furlough | give the ax | give the gate | kick | kick upstairs | lay off | let go | let out | lighten one of | lose | make redundant | milk | mine | mulct | oust | outfit | pension off | read out of | refuse | release | remove | replace | retire | rob | sack | separate forcibly | strip | superannuate | surplus | suspend | take away | take away from | take from | tap | turn off | turn out | unfrock | withdraw | withhold See Also | ablactate | bereave | bilk | clean | clean out | decline | disarm | disenfranchise | disestablish | disfranchise | disinherit | disown | dispossess | dock | expropriate | famish | impoverish | keep back | orphan | starve | take | tongue-tie | unarm | unclothe | unsex | wean | withhold | worsen Deprive In Webster's Dictionary \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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