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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
divest
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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