privar — meaning in English

English meaning

• abridge verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
• deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
• dispatch verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
• withhold verb To refuse to give, share, or reveal something.

Senses

privar is used for these senses in English:

• abridge (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]
• deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
• dispatch (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
• withhold (transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.

abridge — full definition

1. verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
2. verb To stop someone from having or doing something.
3. verb To make something shorter in length or time.
4. verb To make a piece of writing shorter while keeping its main meaning.

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