In considering the force of instinct in animals he was obliged to divest will of reason.
We recommend that it also divest five smaller stores where adverse effects would result from the merger.
The question arises how an agreement between shareholders, outside the confines of a formal liquidation, can divest a company of its property?
Frowning with vexation at the effort necessary to divest himself of his coat and trousers, the prince undressed, sat down heavily on the bed, and appeared to be meditating as he looked contemptuously at his withered yellow legs.
One aspect the major eastern religions share is that to become enlightened, one must divest oneself of earthly attachments, which interfere with the process of enlightenment, keeping one too firmly attached to the every day routine.