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   Divest , 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.]
    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.
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   Wretches divested of every moral feeling.
   Goldsmith.
   
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   The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.
   Earle.
   
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   (Law) See Devest.
   Mozley & W.
   
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