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Another word for divest

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divest

v.

To undress
strip, disrobe, uncover; see undress.
To deprive
dispossess, strip, take from; see seize 2. See syn. study at strip.

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Another word for divest

verb

To make bare:
bare, denude, disrobe, expose, strip¹, uncover. See put on
To take or keep something away from:
deprive, dispossess, rob, strip¹. See give

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In considering the force of instinct in animals he was obliged to divest will of reason.
A number of followers, estimated by Prince at 500, but by his critics at one-fifth of the number, were got together, and it was given out by "Beloved" or "The Lamb" - the names by which the Agapemonites designated their leader - that his disciples must divest themselves of their possessions and throw them into the common stock.
3 Bryant published (1774) A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology, wherein an Attempt is made to divest Tradition of Fable, in which he talked very learnedly of " that wonderful people, the descendants of Cush," and saw everywhere symbols of the ark and traces of the Noachian deluge.
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.
To demonstrate that military government had given place to civil; for he approached his task in the same spirit that had prompted his declaration to the Little Parliament of his wish "to divest the sword of all power in the Civil administration."

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