deprived


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deprive /dɪˈprʌɪv/
verb
  • 1 prevent (a person or place) from having or using something.
  • 2 archaic depose (someone, especially a clergyman) from office.
– derivatives
deprival noun,
deprived adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. depriver, from med. L. deprivare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + privare (see private).
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