| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To bereave, divest or denude.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb deprive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (deprive) | 1. Take away possessions from someone.[Wordnet]. 2. Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining.[Wordnet]. 3. Take away.[Wordnet]. 4. To take away; to put an end; to destroy.[Websters]. 5. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of.[Websters]. 6. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: depriving, deprived, deprives, depriver, deprivers, deprivingly and deprivedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEPRIVING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPRIVING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Bereaving; taking away what is possessed; divesting; hindering from enjoying; deposing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of deprive. (references) | ||
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