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Divest Definition And Meaning
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.

Divest Definition And Meaning

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

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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