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Word: Deprive
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘depose from office’): from Old French depriver, from medieval Latin deprivare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + privare (see private)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈprʌɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
prevent (a person or place) from having or using something
Short Definition:prevent person or place from having or using something
Examples:- the city was deprived of its water supplies
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