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deprive of — [phrasal verb] deprive (someone or something) of (something) : to take something away from someone or something : to not allow (someone or something) to have or keep (something) The change in her status deprived her of access to classified… … Useful english dictionary
deprive — de·prive vt de·prived, de·priv·ing: to take away or withhold something from no person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law U.S. Constitution amend. V dep·ri·va·tion /ˌde prə vā shən, ˌdē ˌprī / n Merriam… … Law dictionary
deprive — [dē prīv′, diprīv′] vt. deprived, depriving [ME depriven < ML(Ec) deprivare < L de , intens. + privare, to deprive, separate: see PRIVATE] 1. to take something away from forcibly; dispossess [to deprive someone of his property] 2. to keep… … English World dictionary
deprive — ► VERB ▪ prevent from possessing, using, or enjoying something: the city was deprived of its water supply. ORIGIN Latin deprivare, from privare bereave, deprive … English terms dictionary
deprive — [v] keep or take away something wanted, needed bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest; concepts 121,142 Ant.… … New thesaurus
deprive */ — UK [dɪˈpraɪv] / US verb [transitive] Word forms deprive : present tense I/you/we/they deprive he/she/it deprives present participle depriving past tense deprived past participle deprived if you deprive someone of something, you take it away from… … English dictionary
deprive — de|prive [dıˈpraıv] v deprive of [deprive sb of sth] phr v [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: deprivare, from Latin privare to deprive ] to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need or should have ▪ A lot … Dictionary of contemporary English
deprive — de|prive [ dı praıv ] verb transitive * if you deprive someone of something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having it: deprive someone of something: As a child he had been deprived of love and attention. The courts cannot deprive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
deprive — de•prive [[t]dɪˈpraɪv[/t]] v. t. prived, priv•ing 1) to divest of something possessed or enjoyed; dispossess; strip 2) to keep from possessing or enjoying something withheld: to deprive a child of affection[/ex] 3) to remove from office •… … From formal English to slang
deprive — /dəˈpraɪv / (say duh pruyv) verb (t) (deprived, depriving) 1. to divest of something possessed or enjoyed; dispossess; strip; bereave. 2. to keep (a person, etc.) from possessing or enjoying something withheld. 3. to remove (an ecclesiastic) from …
