HOW TO PRONOUNCE
deprive
/dɪˈpɹaɪv/
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What does deprive mean?
verb
- Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
- To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
- To bereave.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈpɹaɪv/
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The reason is that to omit it is to deprive him of one important element in the full appreciation of mature literature.
Nothing tends to materialize man, and to deprive his work of the faintest trace of mind, more than extreme division of labor.
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And if it is not their intention to deprive them of sleep, why don’t they let them sleep earlier in the night?
The “unwieldy size” of the secondary wing-feathers of the male Argus pheasant is said “almost entirely to deprive the bird of flight.”
“No, wait, Pierre! The princess is too kind to wish to deprive me of the pleasure of spending the evening with you.”