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   De·prive

   /dəˈprīv/

   

   verb

   • 1. deny (a person or place) the possession or use of something: "the city was deprived of its water supplies"
   • ▪ depose (someone, especially a member of the clergy) from office: "Archbishop Bancroft deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘depose from office’): from Old French depriver, from medieval Latin deprivare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + privare (see private).

   Derivatives

   • 1. deprival noun

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   Deprive definition: to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons). See examples of DEPRIVE used in a sentence.

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   Meaning of deprive someone of something in English. deprive someone of something. phrasal verb with deprive verb. us / dɪˈprɑɪv·əv / Add to word list. to take something, esp. something necessary or pleasant away from someone: He was deprived of food for three days.

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   Deprive definition: to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons). See examples of DEPRIVE used in a sentence.

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   deprive. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧prive /dɪˈpraɪv/ verb → deprive somebody of something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus deprive • That is because 10 defections would deprive Gingrich of a majority. • You have the intention permanently to deprive me of the petrol.

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   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. 3. to remove from office.

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   Definition of deprive verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   The meaning of DEPRIVE is to take something away from. How to use deprive in a sentence. to take something away from; to withhold something from; to remove from office…