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To keep from having or doing.

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Usage examples (35)
  • Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves - and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
  • Thats why I told Joe I would no longer spend time with him if it meant he had to "deprive" himself of, or seek permission from Erin.
  • I can by a word deprive her every limb of motion.
  • Nawar says ElBaradei called for the boycott to "deprive" President Hosni Mubarak's regime of legitimacy.
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