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Definition of: divest
(di·vest′, dī-) v.t.
1. To strip, as of clothes, ornaments, or equipment.
2. To dispossess; deprive, as of office, rights, or honors. [<Med. L divestire, disvestire <OF desvestir. See DEVEST.]
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