DEPRIVE


Meaning of DEPRIVE in English

də̇ˈprīv, dēˈ- transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English depriven, from Medieval Latin deprivare, from Latin de- + privare to deprive — more at private

1. obsolete : to take away : remove , destroy

'tis honor to deprive dishonored life — Shakespeare

2.

a. : to take something away from : divest , bereave

last year's farm law that deprives farmers of soil conservation payments — Wall Street Journal

the proposed boundary settlement would permanently deprive that country of Silesia and East Prussia — Marshall Knappen

b. : to take an office, dignity, or benefice from : remove from office

the Archbishop, accused of incontinence, would be deprived and sent to the Tower — Edith Sitwell

3. : to keep from the possession, enjoyment, or use of something

threatened to deprive American citizens of rights guaranteed them under the federal constitution — F.L.Mott

Synonyms:

deprive , dispossess , disinherit , and bereave can mean, in common, to prevent one from possessing. deprive , the most comprehensive of these words, usually implies a taking away of what one has, owns, or has a right to

to deprive a person of a week's wages

I had deprived myself of rest and health — Mary W. Shelley

the feeling that the system under which we live deprives the majority of the chance of a decent life — C.D.Lewis

dispossess usually applies to a removing or dislodging of a person in usually illegitimate possession, less often implies a depriving of possessions, sometimes implies a deprivation of rights, qualities, or properties

the family was dispossessed of their apartment and their furniture piled in the street

he would at least try to dispossess her of the pistol — E.M.Lustgarten

an attempt to dispossess nonproperty owners of voting rights

disinherit suggests an heir being deprived of the right to inherit an estate; in extension it often implies a robbing or divesting of a right, prerogative, or privilege, especially acquired by birth

disinherited by an angry father on his deathbed

disinherited of all rights to citizenship or a decent livelihood

bereave means to deprive of something as by robbery, stripping, or seizing, usually implying suddenness or surprise and now tending to occur in the form bereaved when loss by death is implied, in the form bereft when such things as hope, peace, friends, or intelligence are implied

bereaved of both her parents and without a home of her own — Gabrielle Long

the comedians full of jokes and bereft of humor — Bernard Kalb

bereft of all hope of recovery

to feel extremely bereaved after the death of a loved one

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