divesting
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Divest \Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]
1.To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. [1913 Webster]
2.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. [1913 Webster]
Wretches divested of every moral feeling.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]
The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.— Earle.[1913 Webster]
3.(Law) See Devest. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]