priver
/pʁi.ve/
#1641 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to deprive
Word origin
From Latin privare ('to deprive, to separate'), from privus ('single, one's own'). The same root gives English 'private' and 'deprive'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- privare
- English cognates
- private, deprive
Grammar
Verb type-er regular (1st group)
Examples
'électricité.
The war deprived the village of electricity.
.
We cannot deprive him of his rights.
dessert .
I go without dessert to stay in shape.
, !
Do not go without, take whatever you want!
' .
The cold deprived them of hot water for three days.
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