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Deprive Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Deprive has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

take away possessions from someone

"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

2

keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

3

take away

4

To take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

See Also
disbar redeprive living death disnaturalize geld disarm semicastrate evacuate
Related Terms
Antonyms
enrich
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
take withhold worsen
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
disarm expropriate clean dispossess clean out unclothe unsex orphan bereave wean starve tongue-tie dock bilk disinherit impoverish disenfranchise disestablish
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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