deprive
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de·prive
(dĭ-prīv') 
tr.v., -prived, -priv·ing, -prives.
tr.v., -prived, -priv·ing, -prives.
- To take something away from: The court ruling deprived us of any share in the inheritance.
- To keep from possessing or enjoying; deny: They were deprived of a normal childhood by the war.
- To remove from office.
[Middle English depriven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvāre : Latin dē-, de- + Latin prīvāre, to rob (from prīvus, alone, without).]
deprivable de·priv'a·ble adj.Roget's Thesaurus:
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deprive
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deprive
v
Definition: keep or take away something wanted, needed
Antonyms: appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply
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deprive
IN BRIEF: To keep from having or doing.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves — and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Deprive
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fratage, unddrage, afsætte, afskedige
Nederlands (Dutch)
beroven, uitzetten (uit kerkelijke ambt)
Français (French)
v. tr. - priver de, déposséder de, ôter de, enlever de, se priver de
Deutsch (German)
v. - entziehen, ausschließen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (απο)στερώ, αφαιρώ
- deprive of privare di
Português (Portuguese)
v. - privar
idioms:
- deprive of privar de
idioms:
- deprive of лишать чего-либо
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - privar, remover de un puesto eclesiástico
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剥夺, 使丧失
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 剝奪, 使喪失
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (소유물을) 약탈하다, (자격 등을) 주지 않다, 해임하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …から奪う, 奪い取る, 剥奪する
idioms:
- deprive of 剥奪する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يحرم, يجرد
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - מנע, שלל, נטל
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