deprive · verb
Meanings and examples
To prevent someone from having something they need or should have.
The long closure deprived residents of their only local clinic.
A lack of sleep can deprive students of the energy they need to concentrate.
The policy would deprive small businesses of useful financial support.
Forms
- deprive base form
- deprives third-person singular present
- deprived past tense and past participle
- depriving present participle