different between deprive vs disestablish

English

Alternative forms

• depryve (obsolete) , deprieve (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin d?pr?v?, from Latin d? + pr?v?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??p?a?v/
• Hyphenation: de?prive

Verb

deprive (third-person singular simple present deprives, present participle depriving, simple past and past participle deprived)

1. (transitive) To take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 260a.

     If we had been deprived of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be deprived of philosophy.

2. (transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
3. (transitive) To bereave.

Synonyms

• bereave
• impoverish

Antonyms

• enrich

Derived terms

• depriver (agent noun)

Related terms

• deprivation
• private
• privation
• privy

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References

Anagrams

• predive, prieved

English

Etymology

From dis- +? establish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s??stæbl??/

Verb

disestablish (third-person singular simple present disestablishes, present participle disestablishing, simple past and past participle disestablished)

1. To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 556:

     Furthermore, disestablishing the Catholic church in February 1795 essentially instituted a free field in religious belief.

2. To abolish (an existing position of employment).

Derived terms

• disestablishment
• disestablishmentarian
• disestablishmentarianism
• antidisestablishmentarianism

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