Deprive
11deprive — v. (d; tr.) to deprive of (to deprive smb. of everything) * * * [dɪ praɪv] (d; tr.) to deprive of (to deprive smb. of everything) …
12deprive — 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… …
13deprive — de|prive [dıˈpraıv] v deprive of [deprive sb of sth] phr v [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: deprivare, from Latin privare to deprive ] to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need or should have ▪ A lot …
14deprive — de|prive [ dı praıv ] verb transitive * if you deprive someone of something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having it: deprive someone of something: As a child he had been deprived of love and attention. The courts cannot deprive …
15deprive — 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 •… …
16deprive — /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 …
17deprive — 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 …
18deprive of — phr verb Deprive of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑liberty, ↑nourishment, ↑oxygen …
19deprive — Synonyms and related words: abridge, bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, curtail, cut off, defrock, degrade, demote, denudate, denude, deny, deplume, depose, deprive of, disbar, discharge, disemploy,… …
20deprive — [[t]dɪpra͟ɪv[/t]] deprives, depriving, deprived VERB If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it. [V n of n] The disintegration of the Soviet Union deprived western… …
