divest
divest is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.(Law) See Devest. Mozley & W.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- altogether
- apart
- aside
- away
- back
- bald
- bare
- bareback
- barebacked
- barefoot
- bareness
- behind
- birthday
- buff
- callow
- cast
- cede
- cession
- coot
- course
- cover
- culls
- decorticate
- decortication
- deed
- denudation
- denude
- depilation
- derelict
- dereliction
- desquamation
- disburden
- discard
- disfurnish
- dishabille
- dismantle
- dismiss
- dispensation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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