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Divest Common

Divest has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

take away possessions from someone

"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

2

deprive of status or authority

"he was divested of his rights and his title"

"They disinvested themselves of their rights"

3

reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)

"The company decided to divest"

"the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"

"There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"

4

remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

"The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"

"She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"

"He disinvested himself of his garments"

5

To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

Example Sentences
"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" verb
"he was divested of his rights and his title" verb
"They disinvested themselves of their rights" verb
"The company decided to divest" verb
"the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property" verb
"There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" verb
"The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim" verb
"She divested herself of her outdoor clothes" verb
"He disinvested himself of his garments" verb
See Also
disincarnate passion unsolemnize deculturalize unsubstantiation decommunize decontextualize disenshroud
Related Terms
Antonyms
vest put
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
take free withdraw remove
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
disarm expropriate clean dispossess clean out unclothe unsex orphan bereave dethrone defrock
Rhyming Words
est nest gest fest pest jest cest hest test best rest vest lest west zest diest wrest krest ovest agest
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