divest
    v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the
         Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip,
         divest]
    2: deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his
       rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their
       rights" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: enthrone,
       invest, vest]
    3: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The
       company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested
       $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on
       the university to disinvest in South Africa" [syn: divest,
       disinvest] [ant: commit, invest, place, put]
    4: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly
       undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her
       outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
       [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]

Divest \Di*vest"\, v. 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.
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   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.
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            Wretches divested of every moral feeling.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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            The tendency of the language to divest itself of its
            gutturals.                            --Earle.
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   3. (Law) See Devest. --Mozley & W.
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