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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak. 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 God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix 17. It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. --Macaulay. 3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. A miniser deprived for inconformity. --Bacon. Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deprived adj : marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law" [syn: {disadvantaged}]
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