Word: 'divest' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'divest' • Extended Annotations
1560s, devest, “strip of possessions” | modern spelling is from ~ 1600 from French devester (Old French desvestir); des- “away” (Latin dis- changed to des- over OF) + vestir “to clothe”
Latin vester/vestra/vestrum (adjective) “your (pl.); of/belonging to/associated with you”
Latin vestis “clothes, garment, clothing, blanket, robe”
A pure, unadulterated word
“It is wrong to seduce anyone to any decision by presenting only the benefits.”
“Enlighten me, Proroq! Why is it wrong?” Tarak aimed to divest Proroq of the burden of insights.
"Weird Genius"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
