deprive

(dĭ-prīv')
tr.v., -prived, -priv·ing, -prives.

1. To take something away from: The court ruling deprived us of any share in the inheritance.
2. To keep from possessing or enjoying; deny: They were deprived of a normal childhood by the war.
3. 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.

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verb

To take or keep something away from: dispossess, divest, rob, strip. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: keep or take away something wanted, needed
Antonyms: appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply

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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See words rhyming with "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

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• deprive of    privare di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - privar

idioms:

• deprive of    privar de

Русский (Russian)
лишать

idioms:

• deprive of    лишать чего-либо

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - privar, remover de un puesto eclesiástico

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - beröva

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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