De*prive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Deprived (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to
divest of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive:
cf. OF. depriver. See Private.] 1.
To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
'Tis honor to deprive dishonored
life.
Shak.
2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to
hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter
object, usually preceded by of.
God hath deprived her of wisdom.
Job xxxix. 17.
It was seldom that anger deprived him of power
over himself.
Macaulay.
3. To divest of office; to depose; to
dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.
A minister deprived for
inconformity.
Bacon.
Syn. -- To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
