0 to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone:
Some parents deprive themselves of many pleasures so that their children can have the best of everything.
He complained that his captors had deprived him of his basic human rights.
If you deprive a child of affection, they can become very withdrawn.
He pulled me from the table and hurried me into the car, depriving me of my lunch!
I've been deprived of your company for too long - come and see me soon.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor expands ocular dominance columns in visual cor tex in monocularly deprived and nondeprived kittens but does not in adult cats.
The difficulty of activating the deprived, be it in their ecological setting, in medical institutions, in clubs of the aged, or day centres becomes obvious.
How much more likely were unemployed persons to be deprived, compared to those who were employed?
