All 7 Uses of
deprive
in
Vanity Fair
- "The servants be hanged," said Sir Pitt; and his son thought even worse would happen were they deprived of the benefit of his instruction.†
Chpt 10 *deprived = lacking things most people enjoy
- "Yes, I shall make my way as well as another," Osborne went on; "but you, my dear girl, how can I bear your being deprived of the comforts and station in society which my wife had a right to expect?†
Chpt 25
- Mrs. Bute measured out the glasses of wine which Miss Crawley was daily allowed to take, with irresistible accuracy, greatly to the annoyance of Firkin and the butler, who found themselves deprived of control over even the sherry-bottle.†
Chpt 25
- With her sister-in-law, Rebecca was satisfactorily able to prove that it was Mrs. Bute Crawley who brought about the marriage which she afterwards so calumniated; that it was Mrs. Bute's avarice—who hoped to gain all Miss Crawley's fortune and deprive Rawdon of his aunt's favour—which caused and invented all the wicked reports against Rebecca.†
Chpt 41
- My dear sir, you ought to know that every elder brother looks upon the cadets of the house as his natural enemies, who deprive him of so much ready money which ought to be his by right.†
Chpt 47
- Fate cannot deprive us of THAT.†
Chpt 48
- In vain she pointed out to him how necessary was the protection of Lord Steyne for her poor husband; how cruel it would be on their part to deprive Briggs of the position offered to her.†
Chpt 52
Definition:
to take away or keep from having