Divested
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Divest \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}.
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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.
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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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3. (Law) See {Devest}. --Mozley & W.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "divested":
bared, bereaved, bereaved of, bereft, cut off, denudated, denuded,
deprived of, exposed, lacking, laid bare, minus, out of,
parted from, robbed of, shorn of, showing, stripped, stripped of,
uncovered, unveiled, wanting
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