Definitions for Deprive
dɪˈpraɪvde·prive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deprive, strip, divestverb

   take away possessions from someone

   "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

2. depriveverb

   keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

3. deprive, impoverishverb

   take away

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depriveverb

   To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.

2. Etymology: From deprivare, from de- + privare

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DEPRIVEverb

   Etymology: from de and privo, Latin.

   1. To bereave one of a thing; to take it away from him.

   God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. Job xxxix. 17.

   He lamented the loss of an excellent servant, and the horrid manner in which he had been deprived of him. Edward Hyde.

   Now wretched Oedipus, depriv’d of sight,
   Led a long death in everlasting night. Alexander Pope, Statius.

   2. To hinder; to debar from.

   From his face I shall be hid, depriv’d
   His blessed count’nance. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi.

   The ghosts rejected, are th’ unhappy crew
   Depriv’d of sepulchres, and fun’ral due. John Dryden, Æn. vi.

   3. To release; to free from.

   Most happy he,
   Whose least delight sufficeth to deprive
   Remembrance of all pains which him opprest. Edmund Spenser.

   4. To put out of an office.

   A minister, deprived for inconformity, said, that if they deprived him it should cost an hundred mens lives. Francis Bacon.

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1. deprive

   Deprive refers to the act of taking something away from someone or preventing someone from having or using something. It implies a denial or withholding of a necessary or desired benefit, right, possession, or condition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Depriveverb

   to take away; to put an end; to destroy

2. Depriveverb

   to dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of

3. Depriveverb

   to divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deprive

   de-prīv′, v.t. to take away from one his own: in take from: to dispossess: to degrade (a clergyman) from office: to bereave.—n. Deprivā′tion, act of depriving: state of being deprived: degradation from office: loss: bereavement: suffering from hardship.—adj. Depriv′ative.—n. Deprive′ment. [Low L. deprivāre, to degrade—L. de, from, and privāre, to deprive—privus, one's own.]

Matched Categories

1. • Withhold
   • Worsen

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Deprive' in Verbs Frequency: #925

Anagrams for Deprive »

1. previde

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deprive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deprive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Deprive in a Sentence

1. H. Jackson Brown Jr.:

   Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

2. Colette:

   Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut -- Animals up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see if they are shattered by the fall, or deprive them of sleep for sixteen days and nights continuously for the purposes of an iniquitous monograph... Animal trust, undeserved faith, when at last will you turn away from us? Shall we never tire of deceiving, betraying, tormenting animals before they cease to trust us?

3. Peter Marks:

   We didn't have a vaccine to give them, but I would hate to deprive children of their lives because we don't decide to vaccinate them, even against the relatively low-risk thing.

4. Unknown:

   Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have.

5. Mohammed Kanar:

   The Malkohi camp in its present state is not conducive for that due to uncontrolled visits by relations and members of the public which deprive the rescued women the needed concentration to overcome their trauma induced by their captivity in the hands of Boko Haram?.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Deprive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deprive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Deprive
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Deprive
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Deprive