Divest /(?)/

Di·vest

Divest

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting

  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.
    The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.
    — Earle.
  3. See Devest. (Law)