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Meaning of divest

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  divest
      v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the
           Jews of all their assets" [syn: {deprive}, {strip},
           {divest}]
      2: deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his
         rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their
         rights" [syn: {divest}, {disinvest}] [ant: {enthrone},
         {invest}, {vest}]
      3: 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" [syn: {divest},
         {disinvest}] [ant: {commit}, {invest}, {place}, {put}]
      4: 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: {strip}, {undress}, {divest}, {disinvest}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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