different between deprive vs unbone

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

Translations

References

Anagrams

• predive, prieved

English

Etymology

un- +? bone

Verb

unbone (third-person singular simple present unbones, present participle unboning, simple past and past participle unboned)

1. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
2. (obsolete) To twist about, as if boneless.

Synonyms

• debone, bone

Further reading

• unbone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.