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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Disembodied :: Disembodied (a.) Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.
Undress :: Undress (v. t.) To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
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.
Depose :: Depose (v. t.) To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
Disempower :: Disempower (v. t.) To deprive of power; to divest of strength.
Disrobe :: Disrobe (v. t. & i.) To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure..
Dethrone :: Dethrone (v. t.) To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.
Dismask :: Dismask (v. t.) To divest of a mask.
Excalceation :: Excalceation (n.) The act of depriving or divesting of shoes.
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe..
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..
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to uncover.
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..
Strip :: Strip (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress..
Unpaganize :: Unpaganize (v. t.) To cause to cease to be pagan; to divest of pagan character.
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.
Denationalize :: Denationalize (v. t.) To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Unclothed :: Unclothed (a.) Divested or stripped of clothing.
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