Divest is one of many English words that come from the Latin verb vestire ("to clothe") and ultimately from the noun vestis ("clothing, garment"). Others include vest, vestment, invest, and travesty. Divest and its older form devest
can mean "to unclothe" or "to remove the clothing of," but the word had
broader applications even when it was first being used in the 16th and
17th centuries. In the opening scene of Shakespeare's King Lear, Lear uses the term to mean "rid oneself of" or "put aside":
"Tell me, my daughters
(Since now we will divest us both of rule,
Interest of territory, cares of state),
Which of you shall we say doth love us most?"
In addition to clothing, one can be divested of power, authority, possessions, or burdens.
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