单词 | to divest oneself of |
释义 | > as lemmasto divest oneself of b. reflexive. to divest oneself of: to strip or dispossess oneself of; to put off, throw off, lay aside, abandon, rid oneself of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (reflexive)] to divest oneself ofa1616 to devest oneself of1633 a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. i. 49 Now we will diuest vs both of Rule, Interest of Territory, Cares of State. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. v. 70 He agreed to divest himself of this undoubted flower of his crown. 1823 J. Keble Serm. (1848) iii. 66 Divesting ourselves, for a moment, of all impressions received from other kinds of evidence. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 300 We have a moral nature from which we cannot divest ourselves. < as lemmas |
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