Deprive definition

Deprive

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WordNet

(1) Take away

(2) Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

(3) Take away possessions from someone

"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

WiktionaryText

To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 260a.
  
  If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.