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Definitions for: Divest [v] take away one's investment
[v] take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
[v] deprive of status or authority
Webster (1913) Definition: Di*vest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb.
n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to
dress), equiv. to L. 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. 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.
3. (Law) See Devest. --Mozley & W.
Synonyms: deprive, strip
Antonyms: commit, enthrone, invest, invest, place, put, vest
See Also: bereave, clean, clean out, defrock, dethrone, disarm, discharge, dispossess, draw, draw off, expropriate, free, orphan, take, take out, unarm, unclothe, unfrock, unsex, withdraw
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