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deprive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'deprive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deprive [ v. t.]
- To take away; to put an end; to destroy.
- To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of.
- To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.

Meaning of 'deprive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deprive [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take away
Example in sentence:
  • pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf
Meaning (2):
- take away possessions from someone
Example in sentence:
  • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets