different between privation vs deprive

English

Etymology

From Old French privacion, from Latin pr?v?ti?; compare French privation. See private.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p?a??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

privation (countable and uncountable, plural privations)

1. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
2. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
3. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
4. (obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “privation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?v?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.va.sj??/

Noun

privation f (plural privations)

1. deprivation
2. shortage, deficiency
3. defect

Related terms

• priver

Further reading

• “privation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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