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| VERB | 1 | divest, deprive, strip | Take away possessions from someone |
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| 2 | divest, disinvest | Deprive of status or authority | |
| 3 | divest, disinvest | Reduce or dispose of | |
| 4 | divest, strip, undress, disinvest | Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes |
| Sounds | dayveh'st; dihveh'st |
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| Rhymes | abreast, addressed, alkahest, and 72 more rhymes in ehst... |
| Meaning | Take away possessions from someone. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something |
| Model | They divest him of all his money |
| Synonyms | deprive, strip |
| Broader | take |
| Narrower | disarm, unarm; expropriate; clean; dispossess; clean out; unclothe; unsex; orphan; bereave |
| Nouns | divestiture |
| Meaning | Deprive of status or authority. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "he was divested of his rights and his title" |
| Synonyms | disinvest |
| Contrary | invest, vest, enthrone |
| Broader | free, discharge |
| Narrower | dethrone; defrock, unfrock |
| Meaning | Reduce or dispose of. Cease to hold (an investment). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property" |
| Synonyms | disinvest |
| Contrary | invest, put, commit, place |
| Broader | withdraw, draw, take out, draw off |
| Nouns | divestiture |
| Meaning | Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes" |
| Synonyms | strip, undress, disinvest |
| Similar to | undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
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