Divested
[dɪ'vestid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Divest
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Examples
- It was the universal reason divested of a human personality. Plato. The Republic.
- When divested of metaphor, a straight line or a square has no more to do with right and justice than a crooked line with vice. Plato. The Republic.
- He had divested himself of his brown paper parcel, but had made no alteration in his attire, and was, if possible, more loquacious than ever. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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