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- Dictionarydeprive/dɪˈprʌɪv/
verb
- 1. prevent (a person or place) from having or using something: "the city was deprived of its water supplies"
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The meaning of DEPRIVE is to take something away from. How to use deprive in a sentence.
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.
DEPRIVE definition: 1. to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need: 2. to prevent…. Learn more.
DEPRIVE meaning: 1. to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need: 2. to prevent…. Learn more.
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.
Definition of deprive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. to prevent from possessing or enjoying; dispossess (of) 2. archaic to remove from rank or office; depose; demote.... Click for more definitions.
v.t. -prived, -priv•ing. 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.
Deprive definition: To take something away from. Origin of Deprive Middle English depriven from Old French depriver from Medieval Latin dēprīvāre Latin dē-de-Latin prīvāre to rob (from prīvus alone, without per 1 in Indo-European roots) . From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē + prīvō.. From Wiktionary
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English deprive de‧prive / dɪˈpraɪv / verb → deprive somebody of something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus deprive • That is because 10 defections would deprive Gingrich of a majority. • You have the intention permanently to deprive me of the petrol.
