deprive

de·prive
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/dɪˈpɹaɪv/

verb

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

Similar
shearbereaverobimpoverishstripdivest
Opposite
enrich
OriginMiddle English depryven ← Old French depriver ← Medieval Latin dēprīvō →
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Meanings

verbdeprive (third-person singular simple present deprives, present participle depriving, simple past and past participle deprived)

present singular third person deprives · participle present depriving · participle past deprived · past deprived · alternative obsolete depryve · alternative archaic deprieve

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

    If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.

    2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 260a
    1 more example

    "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."

    1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    Synonyms: shear, bereave, rob

  2. transitiveTo degrade (a clergyman) from office.
  3. transitiveTo bereave.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbUsed with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

Similar
shearbereaverob
Similar
impoverish
Opposite
enrich

More synonyms by meaning

verbtake away possessions from someone

Similar
stripdivest
Broader
take

verbbecome poorer

Similar
impoverish
Opposite
enrich
Broader
worsendecline
Also see
divestimpoverishstriptake away

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latindē-
  2. Medieval Latindēprīvō
  3. Old Frenchdepriver
  4. Middle Englishdepryven
  5. Englishdeprive

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

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Translations

Arabic أَفْقَدَ
  • أَفْقَدَ (ʔafqada)take something away; deny someone of something
Bulgarian лишавам, отнемам
  • лишавам (lišavam)take something away; deny someone of something
  • отнемам (otnemam)take something away; deny someone of something
Catalan desposseir, privar
  • desposseirtake something away; deny someone of something
  • privartake something away; deny someone of something
Chinese Cantonese 褫奪 /褫夺
  • 褫奪 /褫夺 (ci² dyut⁶)take something away; deny someone of something
Chinese Mandarin 剝奪 /剥夺, 奪去 /夺去
  • 剝奪 /剥夺 (bōduó)take something away; deny someone of something
  • 奪去 /夺去 (duóqù)take something away; deny someone of something
  • 褫奪 /褫夺 (chǐduó)take something away; deny someone of something
Czech připravit, zbavit
  • připravittake something away; deny someone of something
  • zbavittake something away; deny someone of something
  • sebrattake something away; deny someone of something
  • bráttake something away; deny someone of something
Danish berøve
  • berøvetake something away; deny someone of something
Dutch ontnemen, beroven
  • ontnementake something away; deny someone of something
  • beroventake something away; deny someone of something
Finnish poistaa, riistää
  • poistaatake something away; deny someone of something
  • riistäätake something away; deny someone of something
  • kiistäätake something away; deny someone of something
French priver (de)
  • priver (de)take something away; deny someone of something
German berauben
  • beraubentake something away; deny someone of something
Greek στερώ, αποστερώ
  • στερώ (steró)take something away; deny someone of something
  • αποστερώ (aposteró)take something away; deny someone of something
Hungarian megfoszt
  • megfoszttake something away; deny someone of something
Italian privare, togliere
  • privaretake something away; deny someone of something
  • toglieretake something away; deny someone of something
  • sottrarretake something away; deny someone of something
Latin viduō, dēmō
  • viduōtake something away; deny someone of something
  • dēmōtake something away; deny someone of something
Norwegian Bokmål berøve
  • berøvetake something away; deny someone of something
Polish pozbawić, pozbawiać
  • pozbawićtake something away; deny someone of something
  • pozbawiaćtake something away; deny someone of something
Portuguese privar
  • privartake something away; deny someone of something
Russian лиша́ть, лиши́ть
  • лиша́ть (lišátʹ)take something away; deny someone of something
  • лиши́ть (lišítʹ)take something away; deny someone of something
  • отнима́ть (otnimátʹ)take something away; deny someone of something
  • отня́ть (otnjátʹ)take something away; deny someone of something
Spanish desproveer (de), privar (de)
  • desproveer (de)take something away; deny someone of something
  • privar (de)take something away; deny someone of something
Swedish beröva, förvägra
  • berövatake something away; deny someone of something
  • förvägratake something away; deny someone of something
  • avhändatake something away; deny someone of something
Thai พราก
  • พราก (prâak)take something away; deny someone of something
Ukrainian позбавля́ти, позба́вити
  • позбавля́ти (pozbavljáty)take something away; deny someone of something
  • позба́вити (pozbávyty)take something away; deny someone of something

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with deprive

livedrivefivealivesurvivedivestrivederiveclivethriverevivehivebeehivebeliveviveriveshivechivecontrivewiveskivesliveconniveacclive
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Anagrams

predive
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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