divest Definition

divest
verb divested, divesting

1. To take away or get rid of it.

Example: divested himself of his peerage
Thesaurus: deprive, seize, expropriate, dispossess, strip.
2. rather formal
To undress.
Example: divested herself of her jacket and scarf
Thesaurus: undress, uncover, disrobe.

Derivative: divestment
noun

Etymology: 16c as devest: from Latin de- away from + vestireto clothe.