(1):

(v. t.) To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(v. t.) To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.