deprive

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪˈpɹaɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #16360

Meanings

1

verb
To take something away from someone or stop them from having it.

The new law deprives many people of their right to vote.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to take something away from... rob strip divest

More bereave impoverish

Opposites

enrich

Word family

Forms depriveddeprivesdepriving

Derived forms deprivabledeprivaldeprivementdepriverredeprive

Related forms deprivation private privation privy

Simplified etymology

Deprive, recorded in Middle English, comes ultimately from Latin privare “to bereave, deprive,” based on privus “single, individual.” It shares this origin with private, privilege, and privation.

Etymology

From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.

depryven Middle English depriver Old French dēprīvō la-med dē- Latin

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# deprive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈpɹaɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 16360

## Meanings
1. To take something away from someone or stop them from having it.

## Examples
- The new law deprives many people of their right to vote.

## Synonyms
- bereave
- impoverish

## Antonyms
- enrich

## Derived Forms
- deprivable
- deprival
- deprivement
- depriver
- redeprive

## Related Forms
- deprivation
- private
- privation
- privy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: depryven
- Root: depriver
- Root: dēprīvō
- Root: dē-

## Etymology
From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.

## AI Etymology
deprive comes from Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō. The historical chain includes Middle English depryven, Old French depriver, la-med dēprīvō, Latin dē-. The current sense is to take something away from someone or stop them from having it. English relatives and later formations include deprivable, deprival, deprivement, deprivation, private.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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