Definition of divest

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Divest (v. t.) To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest..

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Undress :: Undress (v. t.) To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
Unpaganize :: Unpaganize (v. t.) To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.
Uncowl :: Uncowl (v. t.) To divest or deprive of a cowl.
Divesture :: Divesture (n.) Divestiture.
Unapparel :: Unapparel (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to strip.
Dismask :: Dismask (v. t.) To divest of a mask.
Unveil :: Unveil (v. t.) To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face..
Dehumanize :: Dehumanize (v. t.) To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences..
Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun..
Unsolemnize :: Unsolemnize (v. t.) To divest of solemnity.
Disembodied :: Disembodied (a.) Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.
Divesting :: Divesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dives.
Unwonder :: Unwonder (v. t.) To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain.
Devest :: Devest (v. t.) To divest; to undress.
Unfrock :: Unfrock (v. t.) To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest..
Desecrate :: Desecrate (v. t.) To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..
Unhelmed :: Unhelmed (a.) Divested or deprived of the helm or helmet.
Disclout :: Disclout (v. t.) To divest of a clout.
Denude :: Denude (v. t.) To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands..
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