definition of deprive
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deprive Deprive is defined as to withhold or take something away from. An example of deprive is for an animal to not provide its young with proper nutrients.ransitive verb. 1  To take something away from: The court ruling deprived us of any share in the inheritance. 2  To keep from possessing or enjoying; deny: They were deprived of a normal childhood by the war. 3  To remove from office.
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deprive -·prived′, -·priv′ing. 1  to take something away from forcibly; dispossess: to deprive someone of his property. 2  to keep from having, using, or enjoying: to be deprived of one's rights. 3  to remove from office, esp. ecclesiastical office.
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deprive : to take something away from someone or something : to not allow (someone or something) to have or keep (something) 1  The change in her status deprived her of access to classified information. 2  The new environmental law will deprive some fishermen of their livelihood. 3  They're depriving him of a chance to succeed.
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- Word Origin and History for deprive Expand v. mid-14c., from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin deprivare, from Latin de-entirely (see de-) + privare release from (see private).
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deplorable The definition of deplorable is very bad, disgusting and wretched. An example of something deplorable is a house full of filth. that can or should be deplored; regrettable, wretched, very bad, etc. adjective.
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coercive /koʊˈɚsɪv/. adjective. Learner's definition of COERCIVE. [more coercive; most coercive] formal. : using force or threats to make someone do something: using coercion.
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deprive- definition and synonyms if you deprive someone of something, you take it away from them or prevent them from having it. deprive someone of something : As a child he had been deprived of love and attention. The courts cannot deprive me of the right to see my child.his is the British English definition of deprive. View American English definition of deprive. Change your default dictionary to American English. View the pronunciation for deprive.
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- (diˈvoid) adjective. (with of) free from or lacking. That is devoid of any meaning. ontbloot, ontdaan خالٍ مِن лишен desprovido postrádající, zbavený ohne, befreit blottet for; fri for κενός, στερούμενος desprovisto de -tu, ilma ...
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- 41 Fields Deﬁnition of ﬁelds is assumed, actually throughout these notes!Deﬁnition 41.1 A ﬁeld E is an extension ﬁeld of a ﬁeld F if F⊆ E and the operationsof F are those of E restricted to F. In other words, E is an extension of F if and only if F is a subﬁeld of E.
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arrest arrest - Legal Definition n The intentional deprivation, whether actual or constructive, of a person’s freedom by legal authorities using forcible restraint, seizure, or otherwise taking the individual into custody, especially in response to a warrant or a suspicion based on probable cause that the person being arrested has committed a crime.
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- disenfranchise / ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz /, disfranchise vb (transitive) to deprive (a person) of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship to deprive (a place) of the right to send representatives to an elected body
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debaseverb  [ T] uk â / dÉªËbeÉªs / us â/ dÉªËbeÉªs / debase meaning, definition, what is debase: to reduce the quality or value of something: . Learn more.
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The Inmates of Willard 1870 to 1900 / A Genealogy Resource See -priv-. n. 1  lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life:His life of privation began to affect his health. 2  an instance of this. 3  the act of depriving.  the state of being deprived.
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- vb (transitive) 1  to deprive (a person) of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship. 2  to deprive (a place) of the right to send representatives to an elected body. 3  to deprive (a business concern, etc) of some privilege or right. 4  to deprive (a person, place, etc) of any franchise or right.
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privative privative, A privative, named from Latin privare, to deprive, is a particle that negates or inverts the value of the stem of the word. In Indo-European languages many privatives are prefixes; but they can also be suffixes, or more independent elements. ==Privative prefixes== In English there are three primary privative prefixes, all cognate from PIE:
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weasel to deprive (a word or phrase) of its meaning, 1900, from weasel (n.); so used because the weasel sucks out the contents of eggs, leaving the shell intact; the sense of extricate oneself (from a difficult place) like a weasel is first recorded 1925; that of to evade and equivocate is from 1956.
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- 2. to dispossess (a person) of ownership. 3. to take from another and use as one's own: expropriated ideas. expropriātus, past participle of expropriāre to deprive of property = Latin ex-ex - 1 + Medieval Latin propriāre to appropriate]. ex•pro′pri•a•ble (-ə bəl) adj.
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displace Definition of displace. transitive verb. 1a : to remove from the usual or proper place; specifically : to expel or force to flee from home or homeland displaced personsb : to remove from an office, status, or jobc obsolete : to drive out : banish.
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- Definition of exclude - deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege, remove from consideration Definition of exclude - deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege, remove from consideration
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- “deprave”: synonyms and related words: 1  abase. 2  be under a cloud idiom. 3  bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom. 4  bruise. 5  bruise sb's ego idiom. 6  compromise. 7  cut sb down to size idiom. 8  deflate. 9  degrade. 10  doghouse. 11  exhibition. 12  fall from grace idiom. 13  forget. 14  grubby. 15  indignity. 16  knock. 17  knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1. 18  lower your sights idiom. 19  peg.
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divest To deprive or take away. Divest is usually used in reference to the relinquishment of authority, power, property, or title. If, for example, an individual is disinherited, he or she is divested of the right to inherit money. Similarly, an individual may be divested of his or her citizenship for Treason. Divest is also spelled devest.
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Depraved-heart murder Depraved-heart murder is the form of murder that establishes that the willful doing of a dangerous and reckless act with wanton indifference to the consequences and perils involved, is just as blameworthy, and just as worthy of punishment, when the harmful result ensues, as is the express intent to kill itself.n some states, depraved-heart killings constitute second-degree murder, while in others, the act would be charged with varying degrees of manslaughter.
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deforestation Deforestation is the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land. The first step in turning the wilderness into a shopping center is deforestation. You can see the word forest in deforestation. The prefix de- means remove and the suffix -ation signals the act or state of. So deforestation is the act of removing a forest. First, the trees are chopped down, the wood shipped around the world for making products. Then the land is made smooth enough for homes, businesses, or farming. Today, in many places, laws limit the amount of deforestation.
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- Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society; all that it does is to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labour of others by means of such appropriation. View in context
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deplete deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function. depleting our natural resources; drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence.
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Definition of 'possession' Definition of 'possession'. possession (pəzeʃən ) If you are in possession of something, you have it, because you have obtained it or because it belongs to you. Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian. We should go up and take possession of the land.