Definition of divest

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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..

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Bladed :: Bladed (a.) Divested of blades; as, bladed corn..
Uncarnate :: Uncarnate (v. t.) To divest of flesh.
Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..
Deprovincialize :: Deprovincialize (v. t.) To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.
Unharness :: Unharness (v. t.) To disarm; to divest of armor.
Disdeify :: Disdeify (v. t.) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
Dechristianize :: Dechristianize (v. t.) To turn from, or divest of, Christianity..
Strip :: Strip (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress..
Unattire :: Unattire (v. t.) To divest of attire; to undress.
Unsolemnize :: Unsolemnize (v. t.) To divest of solemnity.
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..
Unboy :: Unboy (v. t.) To divest of the traits of a boy.
Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun..
Unwonder :: Unwonder (v. t.) To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret; to explain.
Divest :: Divest (v. t.) To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest..
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..
Doff :: Doff (v. t.) To strip; to divest; to undress.
Divest :: Divest (v. t.) See Devest.
Dehumanize :: Dehumanize (v. t.) To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences..
Unmantle :: Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
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