- Depriving
- Deprive De*prive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deprived}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depriving}.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest
of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF.
depriver. See {Private}.]
1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
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'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. [1913 Webster]
God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix. 17. [1913 Webster]
It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. [1913 Webster]
A minister deprived for inconformity. --Bacon.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.