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   deprive

   /dɪˈprʌɪv/

   verb

   • 1. prevent (a person or place) from having or using something: "the city was deprived of its water supplies"
   • ▪ depose (someone, especially a member of the clergy) from office: "the Archbishop 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: 1. to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need: 2. to prevent…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of DEPRIVE is to take something away from. How to use deprive in a sentence.

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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.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDEPRIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Jun 24, 2016 · If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDEPRIVE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Deprive means to keep from having. If your little brother gets loud and hyper every time he eats sweets, your parents might deprive him of sugary cereal and candy. Deprive can also mean to take away something that someone already had, or feels they deserve to have, like basic human rights.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › depriveDeprive - definition of deprive by The Free Dictionary

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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.