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      divest
      verb
      remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
      reduce or dispose of
      deprive of status or authority
      take away possessions from someone
      Roots
      disdi- · Latin · apart, notvestis-vest · Latin · garment, clothing
      Synonyms for divest
      deprivevundressnstripndenudevunclothevdisrobevdoffvdismantlevremovevoustv
      Words related to divest
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      Where does divest come from?

      The word divest breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: di-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -vest, from Latin vestis (“garment, clothing”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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