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deprive

verb
/dɪˈpɹaɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.

  1. derived from dē-
  2. derived from dēprīvō
  3. derived from depriver
  4. inherited from depryven

Definitions

  1. Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away

    Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

    • "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
    • If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.

  2. To degrade (a clergyman) from office.

  3. To bereave.

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Derived

deprivable, deprival, deprivement, depriver, redeprive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at deprive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01deprive02clergyman03clergy04priests05priest06killing07deprives

A definitional loop anchored at deprive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at deprive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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