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.
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