deprive

English

Etymology

From Latin deprivare, from de- + privare

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈpraɪv/
• (US) IPA: /dəˈprɑɪv/, /dɪˈprɑɪv/

Verb

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

1. 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.

Derived terms

• depriver (agent noun)

Related terms

• deprivation
• private
• privation
• privy

Synonyms

• impoverish

Antonyms

• enrich

Translations

take something away; deny someone of something

• Bulgarian: лишавам (bg) (lišavam), отнемам (bg) (otnemam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剝奪 (cmn), 剥夺 (cmn) (bōduó), 奪去 (cmn), 夺去 (cmn) (duóqù), 使喪失 (cmn), 使丧失 (cmn) (shǐ sàngshī)

• Dutch: ontnemen (nl)
• Finnish: poistaa (fi), riistää (fi), kiistää (fi)
• French: priver (de) (fr), dénuer (fr)
• German: aberkennen (de), wegnehmen (de), berauben (de), verweigern (de)
• Hungarian: megfoszt (hu)
• Japanese: 奪う (ja) (うばう, ubau), 取り上げる (ja) (とりあげる, toriageru)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بێ به‌شکردن

• Latin: viduō (la)
• Old English: bedælan
• Polish: pozbawić / pozbawiać
• Portuguese: privar (pt)
• Russian: лишать (ru) (lišátʹ) impf., лишить (ru) (lišítʹ) pf., отнимать (ru) (otnimátʹ) impf., отнять (ru) (otnjátʹ) pf.
• Spanish: desproveer (es), privar (es)
• Swedish: beröva, förvägra