- (v.t.) To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.
- (v.t.) To take away; to put an end; to destroy.
- (v.t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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