divest 音標拼音: [dɑɪv'ɛst] [dɪv'ɛst]
vt . 剝除,使脫去,奪去
剝除,使脫去,奪去
divest v 1 :
take away possessions from someone ; "
The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets " [
synonym : {
deprive }, {
strip },
{
divest }]
2 :
deprive of status or authority ; "
he was divested of his rights and his title "; "
They disinvested themselves of their rights " [
synonym : {
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 " [
synonym : {
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 "
[
synonym : {
strip }, {
undress }, {
divest }, {
disinvest }]
Divest \
Di *
vest "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Divested };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Divesting }.] [
LL .
divestire (
di - =
dis -
L .
vestire to dress ),
equiv .
to L .
devestire .
It is the same word as devest ,
but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law .
See {
Devest }, {
Vest }.]
1 .
To unclothe ;
to strip ,
as of clothes ,
arms ,
or equipage ;
--
opposed to {
invest }.
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Wretches divested of every moral feeling .
--
Goldsmith .
[
1913 Webster ]
The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals . --
Earle .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Law )
See {
Devest }. --
Mozley &
W .
[
1913 Webster ]
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "
divest ":
abridge ,
bankrupt ,
bare ,
bereave ,
bleed ,
bleed white ,
curtail ,
cut off ,
denudate ,
denude ,
deplume ,
deprive ,
deprive of ,
despoil ,
disencumber ,
disentitle ,
disinherit ,
dismantle ,
displume ,
dispossess ,
disrobe ,
doff ,
drain ,
dry ,
ease one of ,
exhaust ,
expose ,
flay ,
fleece ,
impoverish ,
lay bare ,
lay open ,
lighten one of ,
lose ,
milk ,
mine ,
mulct ,
oust ,
pick clean ,
pluck ,
plunder ,
put off ,
relieve ,
remove ,
rid ,
rob ,
shear ,
skin ,
spoil ,
strip ,
strip bare ,
suck dry ,
take away from ,
take from ,
take off ,
tap ,
uncloak ,
unclothe ,
uncover ,
undress ,
unsheathe ,
unveil
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