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deprieve

deprieve is the archaic spelling of deprive.

Meaning of deprive

Verb

deprive (third-person singular simple present 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.
    • "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."1900, L. Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    Synonyms:
    shear, bereave, rob
  2. (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
  3. (transitive) To bereave.

Forms of deprieve

third-person singular presentdeprieves
present participledeprieving
past participledeprieved
pastdeprieved

Questions about deprieve

What is deprieve the archaic spelling of?
Deprieve is the archaic spelling of deprive.

Words near deprieve in the dictionary

  1. Depreys
  2. Deprez
  3. Deprezes
  4. Depriest
  5. Depriests
  6. deprieve
  7. deprime
  8. deprimed
  9. depriment
  10. deprimes
  11. depriming

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