Divesting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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