divest

di·vest  (d-vst, d-)

tr.v. di·vest·ed, di·vest·ing, di·vests

1. To strip, as of clothes.

2.

a. To deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess.

b. To free of; rid: "Most secretive of men, let him at last divest himself of secrets, both his and ours" (Brendan Gill).

3. To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).

4. Law To devest.

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[Alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin dvestre, to undress) of devest.]

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di·vestment n.

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divest

Verb

1. to strip (of clothes)

2. to deprive of a role, function, or quality: the chairman felt duty-bound to stay with the company after it was divested of all its aviation interests [earlier devest]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	divest - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" deprive, strip unarm, disarm - take away the weapons from; render harmless expropriate - deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" clean - deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely" take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" dispossess - deprive of the possession of real estate clean out - deprive completely of money or goods; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours" unclothe - strip; "unclothe your heart of envy" unsex - deprive of sex or sexual powers orphan - deprive of parents bereave - deprive through death
	2.	divest - deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" disinvest dethrone - remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" discharge, free - free from obligations or duties defrock, unfrock - divest of the frock; of church officials enthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
	3.	divest - 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" disinvest draw off, take out, withdraw, draw - remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" invest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
	4.	divest - 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" undress, disinvest, strip discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe, peel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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divest

verb 1. deprive, strip, dispossess, despoil

verb 2. strip, remove, take off, undress, denude, disrobe, unclothe

Translations

divest [daɪˈvɛst] vt to divest sb of sth → despojar a algn de algo

divest [daɪˈvɛst] vt to divest sb of → dépouiller qn de

divest [daɪˈvɛst] vt to divest sb of office/his authority → jdn seines Amtes entkleiden/seiner Macht entheben

divest [daɪˈvɛst] vt to divest sb of → spogliare qn di