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deprive

[ dih-prahyv ]

verb (used with object)

deprived, depriving.
  1. to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons):

    to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.

  2. to remove from ecclesiastical office.


deprive

/ ɪˈɪ /

verb

  1. foll by of to prevent from possessing or enjoying; dispossess (of)
  2. archaic.
    to remove from rank or office; depose; demote
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, noun
  • ˈ, noun
  • ˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·a· adjective
  • ·a noun
  • ···پ [dih-, priv, -, uh, -tiv], adjective
  • ·İ noun
  • non·a· adjective
  • d· verb (used with object) predeprived predepriving
  • -·iԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of deprive1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English depriven, from Anglo-French, Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin ŧī, equivalent to Latin ŧ- de- + ī “to deprive” ( ī(ܲ) private + - infinitive suffix)
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of deprive1

C14: from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin ŧī, from Latin de- + ī to deprive of, rob; see private
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Synonym Study

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James Rodehaver, head of the Myanmar team at the Office for the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, further suggested that the junta deprives Myanmar's population of aid as a form of punishment.

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While the goal was to protect the next generation from the harms of smoking, the health service still sees the ongoing cost of generations of adults who smoked, with deprived communities disproportionately affected.

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Hours before the meeting, Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who heads the council’s homelessness committee, sent the supervisors a letter warning that the changes would ultimately deprive the city of “essential resources.”

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J, who lives in Mandalay's Mahaaungmyay district, has felt "dizzy from being deprived of sleep", she said.

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The government is consulting on directing more money to deprived councils in England from 2026.

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