depriving (verb)

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• starve — verb (starved; starving) Etymology: Middle English sterven to die, starve, from Old English steorfan to die; akin to Old High German sterban to die, and probably to Lithuanian starinti to stiffen more at stare Date: 15th century intransitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• make — make1 [ meık ] (past tense and past participle made [ meıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create/produce something ▸ 2 do/say something ▸ 3 cause something to happen ▸ 4 force someone to do something ▸ 5 arrange something ▸ 6 earn/get money ▸ 7 give a total ▸… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Kambojas — The Kambojas were a Kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in ( post Vedic ) Sanskrit and Pali literature, making their first appearance in the Mahabharata and contemporary Vedanga literature (roughly from the 7th century BCE).… …   Wikipedia

• dock — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English docce; akin to Middle Dutch docke dock Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• make — I UK [meɪk] / US verb Word forms make : present tense I/you/we/they make he/she/it makes present participle making past tense made UK [meɪd] / US past participle made *** Get it right: make: When make means to cause or force someone to do… …   English dictionary

• cheat — I. verb Etymology: 2cheat Date: 1590 transitive verb 1. to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud 2. to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice 3. to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting < cheat death >… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• smother — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of smorther, from smoren to smother, from Old English smorian to suffocate; akin to Middle Dutch smoren to suffocate Date: 13th century 1. a. thick stifling smoke or smudge b. a state of being stifled …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stifle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee see horse illustration II. verb (stifled; stifling) Etymology: alteration of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• desiccate — [c]/ˈdɛsəkeɪt / (say desuhkayt) verb (desiccated, desiccating) –verb (t) 1. to dry thoroughly; dry up. 2. to preserve by depriving of moisture, as foods. –verb (i) 3. to become dry. {Latin dēsiccātus, past participle, completely dried}… …  

• Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …   Wikipedia

• kill — 1. verb 1) gangs killed twenty seven people Syn: murder, take/end the life of, assassinate, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute; slaughter, butcher, massacre, wipe out, annihilate, exterminate, mow down …   Thesaurus of popular words