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divest

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Verb — To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

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Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).

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