Deprive

//dɪˈpɹaɪv// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something. transitive

    ""By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler.""

  2. 2
    become poorer wordnet
  3. 3
    To degrade (a clergyman) from office. transitive
  4. 4
    keep from having, keeping, or obtaining wordnet
  5. 5
    To bereave. transitive
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  1. 6
    take away possessions from someone wordnet

Synonyms

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bereaveimpoverishbereaveabridgebankruptbare

Antonyms

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enrich

Example

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"This law will deprive us of our basic rights."

Etymology

From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.

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