DEPRIVE

deprive, impoverish

(verb) take away

deprive

(verb) keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

deprive, strip, divest

(verb) take away possessions from someone; “The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

deprive (third-person singular simple present deprives, present participle depriving, simple past and past participle deprived)

(transitive) To take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

(transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.

(transitive) To bereave.

Synonyms

• bereave

• impoverish

Antonyms

• enrich

Anagrams

• predive, prieved

Source: Wiktionary


De*prive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived; p. pr. & vb. n. Depriving.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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