deprive
deprive Lexical Profile
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• verb
To prevent a person or place from having or using something necessary, desirable, or rightfully theirs; to strip or dispossess of.
"Working double shifts every weekend began to deprive her of much-needed sleep."
To depose or remove from a formal office or ecclesiastical benefice.
"The synod voted to deprive the bishop of his see following the inquiry."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Deprive' is almost always followed by the preposition 'of' (e.g., 'deprive someone of their rights'), whereas its synonym 'deny' takes an indirect and direct object without 'of' (e.g., 'deny someone their rights').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 14th century from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin deprivare ('to divest of office'), formed from Latin de- ('completely') and privare ('to bereave, strip, or release from').