Defn: Serving to depress. [R.] "Depriment muscles." Derham.
DEPRISURE De*pri"sure, n. Etym: [F. dépriser to undervalue; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + priser to prize, fr. prix price, fr. L. pretium. See Dispraise.]
Defn: Low estimation; disesteem; contempt. [Obs.]
DEPRIVABLE
De*priv"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be
deposed.
Kings of Spain . . . deprivable for their tyrannies. Prynne.
DEPRIVATION
Dep`ri*va"tion, n. Etym: [LL. deprivatio.]
1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
3. (Eccl. Law)
Defn: the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.