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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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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.
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God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix.
17.
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It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over
himself. --Macaulay.
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3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity,
especially ecclesiastical.
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A minister deprived for inconformity. --Bacon.
Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
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