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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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Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity..

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To divest or strip one's self of; to put off.

Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..

Disgarnish :: Disgarnish (v. t.) To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.

Unclothed :: Unclothed (a.) Divested or stripped of clothing.

Unpope :: Unpope (v. t.) To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to uncover.

Dethrone :: Dethrone (v. t.) To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.

Dehumanize :: Dehumanize (v. t.) To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences..

Unattire :: Unattire (v. t.) To divest of attire; to undress.

Unchild :: Unchild (v. t.) To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child.

Disclout :: Disclout (v. t.) To divest of a clout.

Unsquire :: Unsquire (v. t.) To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire.

Disinterest :: Disinterest (v. t.) To divest of interest or interested motives.

Divest :: Divest (v. t.) Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc..

Disdeify :: Disdeify (v. t.) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.

Disempower :: Disempower (v. t.) To deprive of power; to divest of strength.

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical..

Unvulgarize :: Unvulgarize (v. t.) To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar.

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..