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divest


verb
1. take away possessions from someone (Freq. 1)
- The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
Syn:
deprive, strip
Derivationally related forms:
divestiture, deprivation (for: deprive)
Hypernyms:
take
Hyponyms:
disarm, unarm, expropriate, clean, dispossess,
clean out, unclothe, unsex, orphan, bereave
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
- They divest him of all his money
2. deprive of status or authority
- he was divested of his rights and his title
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
Syn:
disinvest
Ant:
invest
Hypernyms:
free, discharge
Hyponyms:
dethrone, defrock, unfrock
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
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
Syn:
disinvest
Ant:
invest
Derivationally related forms:
disinvestment (for: disinvest), divestiture
Hypernyms:
withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
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
Syn:
strip, undress, disinvest
Derivationally related forms:
undress (for: undress), strip (for: strip)
Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
Verb Group:
undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip,
strip down, disrobe, peel
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

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