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verb

Deprive v. t. (past & past part. deprived; pres. part. depriving)

To take away; to put an end; to destroy. (Obs.) "'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life."

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." "It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself."

To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. "A minister deprived for inconformity."

Synonyms: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... with a forced sad smile. "Do you not see, amico, that I am heavy-hearted, and melancholy men are best left to themselves. Besides—remember the carnival—I told you you were free to indulge in its merriment, and shall I not deprive you of your pleasure? No, Vincenzo; stay and enjoy yourself, and take ...

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— A History of Sea Power • William Oliver Stevens and Allan Westcott

... fellow Eglantine will create another Pun-ic war," said Sparkle. "I move that we have him crossed in the buttery{32} for making us laugh during dinner, to the great injury of our digestive organs, and the danger of suffocation." "What! deprive an Englishman of his right to battel{33}" said Echo: "No; I would sooner inflict the orthodox fine of a double bumper of bishop." "Bravo!" said Horace: "then I plead guilty, and swallow the imposition." "I'll thank you for a cut out of the back of that lion,"{34} tittered a man opposite. With ...

— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle

... land business in the mountains," he said, "and I'm anxious to get back to my home. Besides the day is very cold, and the two facts deprive me of the pleasure of a long conversation ...

— The Guns of Shiloh • Joseph A. Altsheler

... wished, my dear sister, to speak to you as a brother. Whatever may be the force of a custom preserved during nineteen years, I shall know how, in sharing the fatigues of my troops, to deprive myself of what is a pastime to them. Other occupations will but too easily absorb me entirely. Cease to see by any other vision than your own. Trust to the evidence of your own senses, and no other. I have learned, through a long ...

— Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton • Anonymous

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