Divest
Divest , transitive verb
[Late Latin divestire (di- = dis- + Latin vestire to dress), equiv. to Latin devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]
1.
To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
2.
Figuratively: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.
Wretches divested of every moral feeling.
The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.
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