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English verb: divest | |||
| 1. | divest (possession) take away possessions from someone | ||
| Samples | The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets. | ||
| Examples | They divest him of all his money | ||
| Synonyms | deprive, strip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody of something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bereave, clean, clean out, disarm, dispossess, expropriate, orphan, unarm, unclothe, unsex | ||
| 2. | divest (social) deprive of status or authority | ||
| Samples | He was divested of his rights and his title. They disinvested themselves of their rights. | ||
| Synonyms | disinvest | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody of something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, free | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | defrock, dethrone, unfrock | ||
| Antonyms | enthrone, vest, invest | ||
| 3. | divest (possession) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | disinvest | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | draw, draw off, take out, withdraw | ||
| Antonyms | invest, commit, put, place | ||
| 4. | divest (change) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | ||
| Samples | The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim. She divested herself of her outdoor clothes. He disinvested himself of his garments. | ||
| Synonyms | disinvest, strip, undress | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Verb group | discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress | ||
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