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privar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
  • bereave verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
  • 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.
  • divest verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
  • rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.

Senses

privar is used for these senses in English:

  • abridge (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]
  • bereave (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
  • cut off (transitive) To isolate or remove from contact.
  • 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.
  • divest (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
  • rob (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

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.

bereave — full definition

  1. verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
  2. verb To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
  3. verb To deprive of power; prevent.
  4. verb To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

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