Dictionary

deprive en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪˈpɹaɪv/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) Used 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:
   • "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:
2. (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
3. (transitive) To bereave.

Forms

Antonyms

enrich

Deriveds

deprival · redeprive · deprivement · depriver · deprivable

Relateds

privation · private · privy · deny · deprivation

Synonyms

bereave · rob · bereave · impoverish · shear

Translations (56)

az məhrum etmək (take something away; deny someone of something) · fr priver (de) (take something away; deny someone of something) · it sottrarre (take something away; deny someone of something) · ang beniman (take something away; deny someone of something) · ang bedǣlan (take something away; deny someone of something) · az əldən almaq (take something away; deny someone of something) · ckb بێ بەشکردن (take something away; deny someone of something) · gl privar (take something away; deny someone of something) · cs brát (take something away; deny someone of something) · es privar (de) (take something away; deny someone of something) · cs sebrat (take something away; deny someone of something) · nrf dêpriver (take something away; deny someone of something) · it togliere (take something away; deny someone of something) · ru лиша́ть (take something away; deny someone of something) · sv förvägra (take something away; deny someone of something) · nl ontnemen (take something away; deny someone of something) · ca privar (take something away; deny someone of something) · cs zbavit (take something away; deny someone of something) · sa हरति (take something away; deny someone of something) · it privare (take something away; deny someone of something) · pl pozbawić (take something away; deny someone of something) · el αποστερώ (take something away; deny someone of something) · fi poistaa (take something away; deny someone of something) · ru отня́ть (take something away; deny someone of something) · ang berēafian (take something away; deny someone of something) · bg отнемам (take something away; deny someone of something) · cmn 剝奪 /剥夺 (take something away; deny someone of something) · fi kiistää (take something away; deny someone of something) · th พราก (take something away; deny someone of something) · ru лиши́ть (take something away; deny someone of something) · nl beroven (take something away; deny someone of something) · nan-hbl 褫奪 /褫夺 (take something away; deny someone of something) · cmn 褫奪 /褫夺 (take something away; deny someone of something) · sv beröva (take something away; deny someone of something) · ar أَفْقَدَ (take something away; deny someone of something) · da berøve (take something away; deny someone of something) · es desproveer (de) (take something away; deny someone of something) · de berauben (take something away; deny someone of something) · ca desposseir (take something away; deny someone of something) · uk позба́вити (take something away; deny someone of something) · cmn 奪去 /夺去 (take something away; deny someone of something) · sv avhända (take something away; deny someone of something) · la viduō (take something away; deny someone of something) · cs připravit (take something away; deny someone of something) · fi riistää (take something away; deny someone of something) · ru отнима́ть (take something away; deny someone of something) · nb berøve (take something away; deny someone of something) · bg лишавам (take something away; deny someone of something) · hu megfoszt (take something away; deny someone of something) · uk позбавля́ти (take something away; deny someone of something) · pt privar (take something away; deny someone of something) · la dēmō (take something away; deny someone of something) · pl pozbawiać (take something away; deny someone of something) · el στερώ (take something away; deny someone of something) · yue 褫奪 /褫夺 (take something away; deny someone of something) · txb sāmp- (take something away; deny someone of something)