01 v. t. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
imp. & p. p.
Divested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Divesting
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To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
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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.“Wretches divested of every moral feeling.” — Goldsmith.“The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.” — Earle.
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