De*prive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Depriving.]
[LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of
office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriver. See Private.]
1. To take
away; to put
an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
'Tis honor to
deprive dishonored life.
Shak.
2. 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.
Job
xxxix. 17. It was seldom that anger deprived him of power
over himself.
Macaulay. 3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.
A minister deprived for inconformity.
Bacon. Syn. --
To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
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