Definition of deprive

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Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..

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Divest :: Divest (v. t.) Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc..
Parentless :: Parentless (a.) Deprived of parents.
Mutilate :: Mutilate (a.) Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated..
Cripple :: Cripple (v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled..
Uncloak :: Uncloak (v. t.) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
Disrelish :: Disrelish (v. t.) To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree.
Disembellish :: Disembellish (v. t.) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie..
Dehydrate :: Dehydrate (v. t.) To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol..
Raw :: Raw (superl.) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore..
Devitrify :: Devitrify (v. t.) To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate..
Maim :: Maim (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary..
Denitrify :: Denitrify (v. t.) To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen..
Disgavel :: Disgavel (v. t.) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands.
Dispirit :: Dispirit (v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
Untongue :: Untongue (v. t.) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice..
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical..
Disdeify :: Disdeify (v. t.) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
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