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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEPRIVE, v.t. [L. To take away.]
1. To take from; to bereave of something possessed or enjoyed; followed by of; as, to deprive a man of sight; to deprive one of strength, of reason, or of property. This has a general signification, applicable to a lawful or unlawful taking.
God hath deprived her of wisdom. Job 39.
2. To hinder from possessing or enjoying; to debar.
From his face I shall be hid, deprived of his blessed countenance.
[This use of the word is not legitimate, but common.]
3. To free or release from.
4. To divest of an ecclesiastical preferment, dignity or office; to divest of orders; as a bishop, prebend or vicar.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest]
2: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
3: take away [syn: deprive, impoverish] [ant: enrich]

Merriam Webster's

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 2. to take something away from <deprived him of his professorship — J. M. Phalen> 3. to remove from office 4. to withhold something from <deprived a citizen of her rights>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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, facilities, employment, etc. 3 archaic depose (esp. a clergyman) from office. Derivatives: deprivable adj. deprival n. Etymology: ME f. OF depriver f. med.L deprivare (as DE-, L privare deprive)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak. 2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix. 17. It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. --Macaulay. 3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. A miniser deprived for inconformity. --Bacon. Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(deprives, depriving, deprived) If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it. They've been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes. VERB: V n of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Dispossess, divest, strip, rob. See bereave.

Moby Thesaurus

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