Deprive Definition
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Etymology
From Latin deprivare, from de- + privare
Pronunciation
- IPA: /dəˈprɑɪv/ or /dɪˈprɑɪv/ (/dəˈprɑɪvz/, /dəˈprɑɪvɪŋ/, /dəˈprɑɪvd/ or /dɪˈprɑɪvz/, /dɪˈprɑɪvɪŋ/, /dɪˈprɑɪvd/)
Verb
to deprive (third-person singular simple present deprives, present participle depriving, simple past and past participle deprived)
- To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 260a.
- If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.
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