divest
divest is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. See Devest.
- verb. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
"The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"
"She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"
- verb. 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"
- verb. take away possessions from someone
"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
- verb. deprive of status or authority
"he was divested of his rights and his title"
"They disinvested themselves of their rights"
Synonyms
disinvest, strip, undress, deprive
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in divest:
Common word forms
divests, divested, divesting, divestment
Words from these letters
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