divest : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: divest	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for divest
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divest v take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" Synonym(s): deprive, strip, divest deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" Synonym(s): divest, disinvest Antonym(s): enthrone, invest, vest 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" Synonym(s): divest, disinvest Antonym(s): commit, invest, place, put 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" Synonym(s): strip, undress, divest, disinvest
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divest \Divest"\, 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.