Of a thing: To prevent (a person) from having (something).

transitive. To cut off (a person) from (also †fro) some resource. Obsolete.

To bar or deprive (a person) by previous action from, of, out of (a thing). Obsolete.

transitive. To prevent from obtaining; to deny, withhold. Cf. afford, v. 3.

transitive. To keep from the attainment of.