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Meaning of 'divest' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Divest [ v. t.]
- To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
- Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.
- See Devest.

Meaning of 'divest' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . divest [ v]
Meaning (1):
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Example in sentence:
  • He disinvested himself of his garments;
  • She divested herself of her outdoor clothes;
  • The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
Meaning (2):
- deprive of status or authority
Example in sentence:
  • he was divested of his rights and his title;
  • They disinvested themselves of their rights
Meaning (3):
- reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
Example in sentence:
  • the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property;
  • The company decided to divest;
  • There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
Meaning (4):
- take away possessions from someone
Example in sentence:
  • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets

Nearby Words:

divagation divalent divan divaricate divaricated divaricately divaricating divarication divaricator divast

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