▪ 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. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 110 When he had done mys, And thurgh syn was prived of blys. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 67 Þat he priue himsilf power of bynding and lowsing. c 1450 tr. De Imitatione iii. xxxi. 100 Þat may..pryue þe þin inward liberte. a 1548 Hall Chron., Edw. IV 195 By this mariage were kyng Edwardes .ii. sonnes declared bastardes, & in conclusion priued of their lifes. 1654–66 Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 182 He prives me of my hope. |
b. spec. To strip or divest of office or dignity; to depose.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 73 Abbot & prioure, men of Religion,..Wer priued of þar office. 1390 Gower Conf. III. 202 Leoncius Was to thempire of Rome arrived, Fro which he hath with strengthe prived The pietous Justinian. 1399 Rolls 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. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iii. i. 50 Vpon that condicion that I myght priuen hym his power. 1426 Paston Lett. I. 25 By this acceptacion of this bysshopriche, he hath pryved hym self of the title that he claymed in Bromholm. 1559 Mirr. Mag., Northumbld. xi, To pryue the king, and part the realme in thre. 1634 S. 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.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints I. (Katerine) 932, I dout þat sum cristine has now fra oure goddis priwit þe. 1382 Wyclif Prol. i. 3 Pride and couetise of clerkis..priueth hem fro verrey vndirstondyng of holy writ. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 335 Þe pope..restored his felowes bisshoppes..crosses and rynges þat were to forehonde i-preved [v.r. ypriued, L. privatos]. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 14 Nor þe kirk may not iustli priue þe comyning of cristun men, nor taking of þe sacraments. 1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel ii. (1640) 95 Some inchanted Relicke to prive him safe from danger. |
Hence † ˈpriving vbl. n., depriving, privation.
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 267 Assentynge to hem..summe for drede of curs, priuynge of beneficis & sclaundre & prisonynge & brennynge. c 1422 Hoccleve Learn to Die 35 What may profyte the lore of dyynge, Syn deeth noon hauynge is but a pryuynge? c 1440 Promp. Parv. 414/2 Privynge, privacio. c 1460 G. 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.