[dɪˈprʌɪv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- prevent (a person or place) from having or using something
(e.g: the city was deprived of its water supplies)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘depose from office’): from Old French depriver, from medieval Latin deprivare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + privare (see private)