De-prīve', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEPRIVED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEPRIVING.] [L. Lat. deprivare, from Lat. de and privare, to bereave, deprive, from privus, single, one's own, private. See PRIVATE.] 1. To take away; to remove; to put an end to. 'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. Shak.

2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to rob;—with a remoter object, usually preceded by of. “Deprived his blessed countenance.” Milton.
3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. “A minister deprived for inconformity.” Bacon.

Syn.—To strip; bereave; rob; despoil; debar; abridge; divest.