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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) 2.0 [wn]:

  deprive
       v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the
            Jews of all their assets" [syn: {strip}, {divest}]
       2: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
       3: take away [syn: {impoverish}] [ant: {enrich}]

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  deprive
  	[dipraiv]
  	dépouiller
  	dépouiller
  
  

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