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Meaning of 'divest'
Meaning of 'divest' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Divest 
[ v. t.]
- To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage;
-- opposed to invest. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- deprive of status or authority
- deprive of status or authority
Example in sentence:
- he was divested of his rights and his title;
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
Meaning (2):
- reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
- 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 (3):
- take away possessions from someone
- take away possessions from someone
Example in sentence:
- The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
Meaning (4):
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- 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
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