deprive

Etymology

From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō. Displaced native Old English berēafian.

verb

  1. (transitive) To take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
    "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler." 1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 260a
  2. (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
  3. (transitive) To bereave.

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