Word Meanings - DISARMATURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of divesting of armature.

DIVESTITURE
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
DIVESTMENT
The act of divesting.
DIVESTURE
Divestiture.
DIVEST
See W (more info) devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess;
ARMATURE
A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic
DIVESTIBLE
Capable of being divested.
RING ARMATURE
An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
DISARMATURE
The act of divesting of armature.