privar — meaning in English

English meaning

• abridge verb To deprive; to cut 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 deprive; to cut off.
2. verb To debar from.
3. verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
4. verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.

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