It could be your wine portfolio, your stake in a mining company, or even the extra coats that are taking up space in your closet. Whatever it is, when you divest something, you get rid of it.
To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
Verb
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"
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"; "There was pressure on the univeristy to disinvest in South Africa"
Verb
take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
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deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
v. t.
To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage;
-- opposed to invest.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
See Devest.
Divest
Wretches divested of every moral feeling.
The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals.3.
To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.
Usage Examples
As we divest ourselves of once familiar physical objects - digitize and dematerialize - we approach a 'Star Trek' future in which everything can be accessed from the fourth dimension with a few clicks or terse audibles.
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Other Usage ExamplesBut when you're writing a script - for me anyway - you have to sort of create an enforced innocence. You have to divest yourself of worrying about a lot of stuff like what movies are hot, what movies are not hot, what the budget of this movie might be.
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