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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Unmantle :: Unmantle (v. t.) To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
Disfurnish :: Disfurnish (v. t.) To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest..
Unharness :: Unharness (v. t.) To disarm; to divest of armor.
Dismail :: Dismail (v. t.) To divest of coat of mail.
Divesting :: Divesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dives.
Dechristianize :: Dechristianize (v. t.) To turn from, or divest of, Christianity..
Disinterest :: Disinterest (v. t.) To divest of interest or interested motives.
Disempower :: Disempower (v. t.) To deprive of power; to divest of strength.
Unfurnish :: Unfurnish (v. t.) To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
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..
Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..
Disarmature :: Disarmature (n.) The act of divesting of armature.
Disembody :: Disembody (v. t.) To divest of the body or corporeal existence.
Unscale :: Unscale (v. t.) To divest of scales; to remove scales from.
Disembodied :: Disembodied (a.) Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.
Uncover :: Uncover (v. t.) To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self..
Strip :: Strip (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress..
Disbranch :: Disbranch (v.) To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off.
Denationalize :: Denationalize (v. t.) To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Unhang :: Unhang (v. t.) To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room..
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