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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: deprivare, from Latin privare 'to deprive'

deprive

 verb
     
de‧prive

deprive somebody of something

phrasal verb
to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need or should have:
A lot of these children have been deprived of a normal home life.
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