About The Word Divest
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Divest
Divest Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Divest?
[v] take away one's investment
[v] take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [v] deprive of status or authority Synonyms | Synonyms for Divest: deprive | strip Related Terms | Find terms related to Divest: abridge | bankrupt | bare | bereave | bleed | bleed white | curtail | cut off | denudate | denude | deplume | deprive | deprive of | despoil | disencumber | disentitle | disinherit | dismantle | displume | dispossess | disrobe | doff | drain | dry | ease one of | exhaust | expose | flay | fleece | impoverish | lay bare | lay open | lighten one of | lose | milk | mine | mulct | oust | pick clean | pluck | plunder | put off | relieve | remove | rid | rob | shear | skin | spoil | strip | strip bare | suck dry | take away from | take from | take off | tap | uncloak | unclothe | uncover | undress | unsheathe | unveil See Also | bereave | clean | clean out | defrock | dethrone | disarm | discharge | dispossess | draw | draw off | expropriate | free | orphan | take | take out | unarm | unclothe | unfrock | unsex | withdraw Divest In Webster's Dictionary \Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divested}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Divesting}.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to
dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as
devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical
term in law. See {Devest}, {Vest}.]
1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage;
-- opposed to {invest}.
2. 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.
Wretches divested of every moral feeling.
--Goldsmith.
The tendency of the language to divest itself of its
gutturals. --Earle.
3. (Law) See {Devest}. --Mozley & W.
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