DIVEST

(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"
synonyms : disinvest , strip , undress
(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 university to disinvest in South Africa"
synonyms : disinvest
We may have to divest assets to raise capital. -added by nithi
(verb) take away possessions from someone
"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
synonyms : deprive , strip
(verb) deprive of status or authority
"he was divested of his rights and his title", "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
synonyms : disinvest

Mnemonics for divest

(Tag: ) opposite to invest; di + vest; vest means an inner garment; divest is to remove it.
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(Tag: English) di + vest; (A vest is a type of collarless sleeveless upper-body garment. ); divest is to remove it.
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(Tag: ) DIVEST can be considered as the short form of DIsinVEST,meaning to STRIP
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(Tag: ) to see the vest's one need to strip the clothes..;)
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(Tag: ) Divest: To deprive someone of something have quite similar meaning to 'Devastating':Causing extensive destruction or ruining
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(Tag: ) divest means not invest, i.e out of something.
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