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. Keir Starmer:

   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.

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. Andrew Smith:

   By putting people like Derek Jason Bartoli out of business, we are able to deprive the robocallers of the important tools of their trade.

4. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   We cannot let those who seek to disrupt our way of life succeed, we must increase our efforts at home and abroad to improve our defenses, destroy terrorist networks and deprive them of the space from which to operate.

5. Aristotle:

   Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

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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