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deprive
What does deprive mean?
deprive (verb): take away possessions from someone.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce deprive?
/dɪˈpɹaɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does deprive come from?
From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of deprive?
Words related to deprive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “deprive” mean?
take away possessions from someone
Right! That's what “deprive” means.
to change the form or structure of
Not quite: that's what alter means.
make sense of; assign a meaning to
Not quite: that's what interpret means.
to stress, single out as important
Not quite: that's what emphasize means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “deprive”?
strip
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climb
Not quite: climb means something else.
trace
Not quite: trace means something else.
rival
Not quite: rival means something else.
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