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Webster 1913 Edition

Divest

Di-vest′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Divest

DIVEST

,
Verb.
T.
[L. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is appropriately used as a technical term in law.]
1.
To strip of clothes, arms or equipage; opposed to invest.
2.
To deprive; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one of title or property.
3.
To deprive or strip of any thing that covers , surrounds or attends; as, to divest one of his glory; to divest a subject of deceptive appearances, or false ornaments.

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