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75 words match “DIVEST”

INVEST v.
To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.
PEMMICAN n.
Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun. Then on pemican they feasted. Longfellow.
ROSS v.
To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. [Local, U.S.]
STRIP v. 2 definitions
To divest of clothing; to uncover. Before the folk herself strippeth she. Chaucer. Strip your sword stark naked. Shak.
THROW v.
To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. There the snake throws her enameled skin. Shak.
UNAPPAREL v.
To divest of clothing; to strip. [Obs.] Donne.
UNATTIRE v.
To divest of attire; to undress.
UNBOY v.
To divest of the traits of a boy. [R.] Clarendon.
UNBREECH v.
To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches. Shak.
UNCARNATE v.
To divest of flesh.
UNCHILD v.
To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child. Bp. Hall.
UNCLOTHED a.
Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron.
UNCOVER v. 2 definitions
To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.
UNCOWL v.
To divest or deprive of a cowl. Pope.
UNDECK v.
To divest of ornaments. Shak.
UNDRESS v. 2 definitions
To divest of clothes; to strip.
UNFROCK v.
To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.
UNFURNISH v.
To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
UNHANG v.
To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room.
UNHARNESS v.
To disarm; to divest of armor. Holinshed.
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