<b><font size="4">"divest"</font></b><br/><b>verb</b> <ol> <li>take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: <a href="../deprive.html">deprive</a>, <a href="../strip.html">strip</a>] </li> <li>deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" [syn: <a href="../disinvest.html">disinvest</a>] [ant: <a href="../invest.html">invest</a>] </li> <li>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 univeristy to disinvest in South Africa" [syn: <a href="../disinvest.html">disinvest</a>] [ant: <a href="../invest.html">invest</a>] </li> <li>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" [syn: <a href="../strip.html">strip</a>, <a href="../undress.html">undress</a>, <a href="../disinvest.html">disinvest</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../divest.html">http://www.word.sc/divest</a>

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