deprive

verbattested in dialogue

//dɪˈpɹaɪv//

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

verb

1
Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
"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
To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
3
To bereave.

Etymology

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

Forms

past tense: deprived
past participle: deprived
present participle: depriving
third person singular: deprives

depressing · Causing depression or sadness.depression · A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of…Depression · Synonym of Great Depression.

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

deprived · Subject to deprivation; poor.depth · the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which…depths · The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)

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