deprive

de·prive

verb \di-ˈprīv\

de·privedde·priv·ing

Definition of DEPRIVE

transitive verb

1

obsolete : remove

2

: to take something away from <deprived him of his professorship — J. M. Phalen>

3

: to remove from office

4

: to withhold something from <deprived a citizen of her rights>

Examples of DEPRIVE

1. <working those long hours was depriving him of his sleep>
2. <one of scores of bishops who had been deprived after the anticlericals came to power>

Origin of DEPRIVE

Middle English depriven, from Anglo-French depriver, from Medieval Latin deprivare, from Latin de- + privare to deprive — more at private

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to DEPRIVE

Synonyms: abate, bereave, divest, strip

Antonyms: crown, enthrone, throne

Related Words: denude; cheat, clean (out), defraud, shortchange; bankrupt, disfurnish, impoverish

Near Antonyms: baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest; appoint, designate, elect

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Rhymes with DEPRIVE

alive, archive, Argive, arrive, back dive, beehive, connive, contrive, crash-dive, derive, disk drive, endive, hard drive, high five, high-five, line drive, nosedive, ogive, revive, self-drive, skin-dive, skydive, survive, swan dive, take five, test-drive