deprive

Verb
Synonyms: stripdivestimpoverish

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. take away possessions from someone“The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”Synonyms: stripdivest
  2. keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
  3. take awaySynonyms: impoverish
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deprive \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.] [1913 Webster]

'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

God hath deprived her of wisdom.— Job xxxix. 17.[1913 Webster]
It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. [1913 Webster]

A minister deprived for inconformity.— Bacon.

Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge. [1913 Webster]

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