divest Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. To take away an officeIII. Fig. (the usual sense)1. exuo, i, ūtum, 3 (with acc. of that which is laid aside)2. pōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (esp. poet.)3. dēpōno, 34. abdĭco, 1 (of civil offices) • divest: I. Lit.: to deprive of clothes or armour: nūdo, spŏlio, 1 (with acc. and abl.), dētrăho, 3 (with acc. and dat.): v. to strip. II. To take away an office: abrŏgo, 1: v. to depose (see also inf. 4). III. Fig. (the usual sense): to d. oneself of, i. e. to lay aside, banish from the mind; to give up (an office): 1. exuo, i, ūtum, 3 (with acc. of that which is laid aside): to d. oneself of antiquated fashions, antiquos mores ex., Liv.; of all human feeling, omnem humanitatem ex., Cic. 2. pōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (esp. poet.): v. to lay aside. 3. dēpōno, 3: v. to lay down. 4. abdĭco, 1 (of civil offices): to d. oneself of an office, ab. se magistratu, Cic.: v. to abdicate, resign. Phr.: I cannot d. myself of that opinion, *nullo modo illam opinionem (sententiam) a me depellere possum (the same may be expr. by exuo: mihi quidem ex animo exui non potest, Cic. in R. and A.): see also to get (rid of).