deprive
Syllables: de·prive/dɪˈpɹaɪv/
deprive verb: used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
Verb
deprive (third-person singular simple present deprives, present participle depriving, simple past and past participle deprived)
- 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
- If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 260a
- To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
- To bereave.
deprive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
deprive in Hindi
- वंचित करना
deprive in Tamil
- இல்லாததாக்கு, இழக்கச் செய், பறி, இழக்கச்செய்
deprive in Marathi
- वंचित करणे
deprive in Urdu
- محروم کرنا, سلب کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- deprive in Bengali
- বঞ্চিত করা
- deprive in Malayalam
- എടുത്തുകളയുക, കവരുക, ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക, നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തുക
- deprive in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪಿಸು, ಕಸಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳು, ಅಪಹರಿಸು, ಕಿತ್ತುಕೊ
- deprive in Gujarati
- વંચિત કરવા
- deprive in Odia
- ବଞ୍ଚିତ କରିବା
- deprive in Sanskrit
- हरति harati
- deprive in Nepali
- वंचित गर्दै
- deprive in Arabic
- أَفْقَدَ ʔafqada
- deprive in Thai
- พราก prâak
Examples of deprive in a sentence
- You can bind my limbs, but you can never deprive me of my free will.
- They bound my limbs, depriving me of my free will.
- A false positive from a cancer screening test will unnecessarily frighten a healthy person; a false negative will deprive them of timely treatment.
Synonyms of deprive
Antonyms
Forms of deprive
| third-person singular present | deprives |
|---|---|
| present participle | depriving |
| past participle | deprived |
| past | deprived |
| alternative form (obsolete) | depryve |
| alternative form (archaic) | deprieve |
Origin of deprive
From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.
Words formed from deprive
Words that rhyme with deprive
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Questions about deprive
- What does deprive mean?
- Deprive means used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
- What is deprive in Hindi?
- Deprive in Hindi is वंचित करना. See Deprive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deprive?
- Deprive is a verb.
- How do you pronounce deprive?
- Deprive is pronounced /dɪˈpɹaɪv/.
- What is the past tense of deprive?
- The past tense of deprive is deprived.
Words near deprive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: deprive (page history and authors); deprive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deprive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deprive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deprive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Deprive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deprive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deprive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deprive (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deprive (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deprive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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