spogliare — meaning in English

English meaning

• disrobe verb To take off one's clothes, or to remove clothing from someone else.
• divest verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
• undress verb To take off one's clothes.

Senses

spogliare is used for these senses in English:

• disrobe (transitive) To undress someone or something.
• divest (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• strip (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
• undress (transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone). [from 17th c.]

divest — full definition

1. verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
2. verb To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.

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