- 1
Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.transitive
- "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
- If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.
- 2
To degrade (a clergyman) from office.transitive
- 3
To bereave.transitive
syn. bereave · impoverish
ant. enrich