What does deprive mean?
Definitions for deprive
dɪˈpraɪvde·prive
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Princeton's WordNet
deprive, strip, divest(verb)
take away possessions from someone
"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
deprive(verb)
keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
deprive, impoverish(verb)
take away
Wiktionary
deprive(Verb)
To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
Etymology: From deprivare, from de- + privare
Webster Dictionary
Deprive(verb)
to take away; to put an end; to destroy
Deprive(verb)
to dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of
Deprive(verb)
to divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'deprive' in Verbs Frequency: #925
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deprive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deprive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of deprive in a Sentence
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds; and they must be tolerated in an admixture of it in some trifling or enthusiastic shape or other; else you will deprive weak minds of a resource found necessary to the strongest.
Energy Diplomacy Robin Dunnigan:
Cutting off all gas transit through Ukraine would deprive it of $2.2 billion in annual revenue.
All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.
We're not going to vote with Boris Johnson today to deprive ourselves of the opportunity to complete the business that we've just seized control of the house to do.
I claim the right to contradict myself. I don't want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.
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- حرمArabic
- отнемам, лишавамBulgarian
- wegnehmen, berauben, aberkennen, verweigernGerman
- desproveer, privarSpanish
- kiistää, poistaa, riistääFinnish
- dénuer, priverFrench
- megfosztHungarian
- mencabutIndonesian
- 取り上げる, 奪うJapanese
- بێ بهشکردنKurdish
- viduōLatin
- ontnemenDutch
- pozbawiać, pozbawićPolish
- privarPortuguese
- privaRomanian
- лишить, отнимать, лишать, отнятьRussian
- förvägra, berövaSwedish
- mahrum etmekTurkish
- позбавитиUkrainian
- محرومUrdu
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