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.

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.]

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1. • Withhold
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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. Albert Gallatin:

   The whole of the Bill of Rights is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.

2. Paul Ryan:

   Through these investigations we have uncovered serious and unprecedented actions taken by the most senior IRS official in charge of the non-profit unit, Lois Lerner, to deprive conservative organizations of their constitutional rights, despite the DOJ closing its investigation, the Ways and Means Committee will continue to find answers and hold the IRS accountable for its actions.

3. Riad Nassan Agha:

   It is obvious that this statement aims to stop the process of negotiations and to deprive the High Negotiating Council of any hope to continue the talks, what else are we going to discuss if we are not going to discuss Assad's fate?

4. 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?

5. Brad Dacus:

   This shocking attack from the state against our clients exercise of religious convictions is deeply disturbing, the state seeks to punish Artis based on non-existent directives, and deprive her of a personal ministry to the veterans who have benefited from her religious services for years. Artis isnt fighting just for herself, but for the Gospel and for the residents who are unable to fight for themselves against the states attempted intimidation.

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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. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Deprive
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Deprive