1. deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions): "men are unlikely to be divested of power without a struggle"Similardeprivestripdispossessrelieverobcheat out oftrick out ofdo out ofinformal:diddle out ofliterary:despoilarchaic:reave
▪ deprive something of (a particular quality): "he has divested the original play of its charm"
▪ rid oneself of (a business interest or investment): "the government's policy of divesting itself of state holdings"
Word Originearly 17th century: alteration of devest, from Old French desvestir, from des- (expressing removal) + Latin vestire (from vestis ‘garment’).
