deprive
pronunciation
How to pronounce deprive in British English:
UK [dɪˈpraɪv]
How to pronounce deprive in American English:
US [dɪˈpraɪv]
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- Verb:
- take away possessions from someone
- keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
- take away
Word Origin
- deprive
- deprive: see private
- deprive (v.)
- mid-14c., from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin deprivare, from Latin de- "entirely" (see de-) + privare "release from" (see private). Replaced Old English bedælan. Related: Deprived; depriving.
Example
- 1. Alas , other parts of the law deprive investors of helpful disclosures .
- 2. India fears that china 's dam-building projects may deprive it of its water .
- 3. It would be wrong to purposely deprive people of an essential nutrient in order to study the effects .
- 4. Now lump-of-labourites say that keeping the old at work would deprive the young of employment .
- 5. Ms merkel 's other proposal to deprive deficit countries of their voting rights is even less realistic .