Divest is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DIVEST in dictionary:

VERB:
• to strip or deprive of anything
• deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions)
• deprive something of (a particular quality)
• rid oneself of (a business interest or investment)
• relieve someone of (a garment)
• strip (of clothes)
• To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
• Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one\'s self of prejudices, passions, etc.
• See Devest.
• take away possessions from someone
• deprive of status or authority
• reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
• remove (someone\'s or one\'s own) clothes

Words related to DIVEST

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Words that contain DIVEST

divests11 divested13 divesting14 divesture13 divestible16 divestment16 divestures14 undivested15 divestiture15 divestments17 divestitures16 undivestedly20 postdivestiture21

How to use DIVEST in a sentence

• Still I could not divest myself of the impression that I was sometimes in Paris and sometimes in Rome, and that the sepulchral voice of Mr.
• She was even to divest herself of every article of her German attire, and to apparel herself anew in garments of French manufacture sent from Paris.
• If his trade were war, he would divest war of its cruelties.
• I cannot divest myself of them, nor would I if I could.
• I know a grove where it can be gathered by the hundreds within a half-acre, and yet I never can divest myself of the feeling that each specimen is a choice novelty.
• VII THE NIGHT SIDE OF CONSCIOUSNESS THE FIELD OF PSYCHIC RESEARCH It is difficult to divest the words hypnotism and clairvoyance of certain sordid and sinister associations.
• I could not divest myself of the feeling that it was that of a hunted animal or of a haunted man.
• You could not, as here, divest yourself of every particle of sad or serious thought and be content to gaze for hours on the showy scene, without an idea beyond the present moment.
• Fritz, somewhat comforted, begged me to allow him to bathe, to divest himself of the colouring, which was now become odious to him, as being that of these ruthless barbarians.
• Wallenstein exacted terms so humiliating as in reality to divest the emperor of his imperial power.
• God grant that through His gracious and invisible assistance, thou mayest divest thy body and soul of the old garment, and array thyself with the new and imperishable attire.
• Were the Hand of Divine power to divest of this high endowment all created things, the entire universe would become desolate and void.
• Ere long, will God, with the Hand of Power, strip them of their possessions, and divest them of the robe of His bounty.
• But he could not divest himself of his mission as a founder and apostle.
• I have never been able to entirely divest myself of a slight feeling of the incongruous in reading what he wrote about the warehouse episode in his career.
• I know they do not excite that interest in America, of which it is impossible for one to divest himself here.
• Nevertheless, as Christians we must endeavor to divest ourselves of it.
• You are to divest yourself of everything as if you were that moment to die.
• She could not divest herself of these feelings at once.
• For majesty, like life, is a boon sent by Providence, and you are no more allowed to divest yourself of it arbitrarily than to put a voluntary end to your life.
• All that I ask of you is that you divest your mind of these senseless suspicions.
• If the Monroe Doctrine was to be maintained, Great Britain could not be permitted arbitrarily to divest Venezuela of any portion of her territory.
• He picks out what he pleases of my words, and takes care to divest them of their justification.
• So his ready answer gave me relief, and yet I could not divest myself of a vague fear, a sense of coming thunder.
• He had got into a habit of being fretted about everything that happened, and he could not entirely divest himself of it even upon this occasion.
• He would seek to divest himself for a time of those personal peculiarities which tend to divide him from the thing he studies.
• During working hours they ordinarily divest themselves of these ornaments, as they would render it impossible to carry loads on the head.
• If, when I know, I consider that my dear father was right, I shall of my own free-will sell the land, and divest myself of the proceeds.
• The country of which it was intended to divest her by the proclamation of 1763 is described in a letter of her agent, Mr.
• Closing the door firmly after him, he prepared to divest himself of hat and cape in the hall, without a look in my direction.
• Fear is one of the passions of human nature, of which it is impossible to divest it.
• A sovereign power can divest itself of authority in two ways.
• Struggle as she would, she could not divest her mind of the conviction that what she did this day she did for the dead.

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