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Deprive — De*prive , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deprived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depriving}.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of office; L. de + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriver. See {Private}.] 1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deprive — [dē prīv′, diprīv′] vt. deprived, depriving [ME depriven < ML(Ec) deprivare < L de , intens. + privare, to deprive, separate: see PRIVATE] 1. to take something away from forcibly; dispossess [to deprive someone of his property] 2. to keep… … English World dictionary
deprive — deprivable, adj. deprival, n. deprivative /di priv euh tiv/, adj. depriver, n. /di pruyv /, v.t., deprived, depriving. 1. to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to… … Universalium
deprive — de•prive [[t]dɪˈpraɪv[/t]] v. t. prived, priv•ing 1) to divest of something possessed or enjoyed; dispossess; strip 2) to keep from possessing or enjoying something withheld: to deprive a child of affection[/ex] 3) to remove from office •… … From formal English to slang
deprive — /dəˈpraɪv / (say duh pruyv) verb (t) (deprived, depriving) 1. to divest of something possessed or enjoyed; dispossess; strip; bereave. 2. to keep (a person, etc.) from possessing or enjoying something withheld. 3. to remove (an ecclesiastic) from …
deprive — transitive verb (deprived; depriving) Etymology: Middle English depriven, from Anglo French depriver, from Medieval Latin deprivare, from Latin de + privare to deprive more at private Date: 14th century 1. obsolete remove … New Collegiate Dictionary
deprive — v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by of) strip, dispossess; debar from enjoying (illness deprived him of success). 2 (as deprived adj.) a (of a child etc.) suffering from the effects of a poor or loveless home. b (of an area) with inadequate housing,… … Useful english dictionary
deprive — [dɪ prʌɪv] verb 1》 prevent (a person or place) from having or using something. 2》 archaic depose (someone, especially a clergyman) from office. Derivatives deprival noun deprived adjective Origin ME: from OFr. depriver, from med. L. deprivare,… … English new terms dictionary
oust — I verb banish, cast out, chase out, depose, deprive of office, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, divest of office, drive out, eject, expel, force out, purge, put out, remove, remove from office, repudiate, throw out, thrust out, turn out,… … Law dictionary
discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… … Law dictionary
