0 present participle of deprive
1 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If you deprive a child of affection, they can become very withdrawn.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.
Likewise, depriving people of vision of their hands may change the way movement history affects the current motor plan.
Moreover, inflation depressed incomes, depriving manufacturers of customers for their efforts and squeezing savings that might have fostered capital growth.
The confident songbird shows off by "deliberately depriving itself of information," ceding priority to the left hemisphere in the process.
