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▪ I. † prive, v. Obs.
Also 4 preve, Sc. priwe, 4–6 pryve.
[a. F. priv-er (1307 in Godef. Compl.), ad. L. prīv-āre to bereave, deprive, rob, deliver, perh. orig. to isolate, make solitary, f. prīv-us single, individual, private, peculiar, deprived.]
1. trans. To deprive, strip, bereave. Const. of, also with double obj.
13..Evang. Nicod. 1440 in Herrig Archiv LIII. 418 Þou has vs schamely schent And pryued vs of our pray. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 110 When he had done mys, And thurgh syn was prived of blys. c1400Apol. Loll. 67 Þat he priue himsilf power of bynding and lowsing. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xxxi. 100 Þat may..pryue þe þin inward liberte. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 195 By this mariage were kyng Edwardes .ii. sonnes declared bastardes, & in conclusion priued of their lifes. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 182 He prives me of my hope.
b. spec. To strip or divest of office or dignity; to depose.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 73 Abbot & prioure, men of Religion,..Wer priued of þar office. 1390Gower Conf. III. 202 Leoncius Was to thempire of Rome arrived, Fro which he hath with strengthe prived The pietous Justinian. 1399Rolls of Parlt. III. 424/1 Adjugged ȝowe for to be deposed and pryved, and in dede deposed ȝowe and pryved ȝowe of the astate of Kyng. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iii. i. 50 Vpon that condicion that I myght priuen hym his power. 1426Paston Lett. I. 25 By this acceptacion of this bysshopriche, he hath pryved hym self of the title that he claymed in Bromholm. 1559Mirr. Mag., Northumbld. xi, To pryue the king, and part the realme in thre. 1634S. R. Noble Soldier i. ii. in Bullen O. Pl. I. 272 To prive thy sonne,..Spaines heire Apparant.
2. To take away, withdraw, cut off from.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints I. (Katerine) 932, I dout þat sum cristine has now fra oure goddis priwit þe. 1382Wyclif Prol. i. 3 Pride and couetise of clerkis..priueth hem fro verrey vndirstondyng of holy writ. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 335 Þe pope..restored his felowes bisshoppes..crosses and rynges þat were to forehonde i-preved [v.r. ypriued, L. privatos]. c1400Apol. Loll. 14 Nor þe kirk may not iustli priue þe comyning of cristun men, nor taking of þe sacraments. 1629N. Carpenter Achitophel ii. (1640) 95 Some inchanted Relicke to prive him safe from danger.
Hence † ˈpriving vbl. n., depriving, privation.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 267 Assentynge to hem..summe for drede of curs, priuynge of beneficis & sclaundre & prisonynge & brennynge. c1422Hoccleve Learn to Die 35 What may profyte the lore of dyynge, Syn deeth noon hauynge is but a pryuynge? c1440Promp. Parv. 414/2 Privynge, privacio. c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 586 Ner in a man errynge, peine deseruing, Ner in hym that hathe be of goode pryuyng.
▪ II. prive
obs. dial. form of preve, prove. |