deprive

Etymology

From Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē + prīvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɹaɪv/
• Hyphenation: de‧prive

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 260a.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:

     "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."

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

2. (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
3. (transitive) To bereave.

Anagrams

• predive, prieved