vt.

1. 剝奪，從……奪走；使喪失[（+of）]
   These misfortunes almost deprived him of his reason.

   這些不幸的事情幾乎使他失去理智。

   The new laws deprived many people of the most elementary freedoms.

   新法律剝奪了許多人的最基本的自由。

2. 免去……的聖職（或職務）

v.

1. prevent (a person or place) from having or using something.
2. archaic depose (someone, especially a clergyman) from office.