From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.

• IPA: /dɪˈpɹaɪv/

deprive (deprives, present participle depriving; simple past and past participle deprived)

1. (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:

     "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."

2. (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
3. (transitive) To bereave.

• bereave
• impoverish

• enrich

• deprivation
• private
• privation
• privy

• French: priver
• German: berauben
• Italian: privare, togliere, sottrarre
• Portuguese: privar
• Russian: лиша́ть
• Spanish: desproveer, privar