deprive
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin deprivare, from de- + privare
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /dəˈprɑɪv/ or /dɪˈprɑɪv/ (/dəˈprɑɪvz/, /dəˈprɑɪvɪŋ/, /dəˈprɑɪvd/ or /dɪˈprɑɪvz/, /dɪˈprɑɪvɪŋ/, /dɪˈprɑɪvd/)
[edit] Verb
deprive (third-person singular simple present deprives, present participle depriving, simple past and past participle deprived)
- To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 260a.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- "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.
[edit] Derived terms
- depriver (agent noun)
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[edit] Translations
take something away; deny someone of something
