Deprive /(?)/

De·prive

Deprive

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Deprived; p. pr. & vb. n. Depriving

  1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
    'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life.
  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.
  3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.
    A minister deprived for inconformity.