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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

God hath deprived her of wisdom. Job xxxix. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. [ 1913 Webster ]

A minister deprived for inconformity. Bacon.

Syn. -- To strip; despoil; rob; abridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental or social influences; as, a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity; boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law.
Syn. -- disadvantaged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Deprivation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, deprives. [ 1913 Webster ]