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Showing words for DIVEST using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Divest

divest, stived

5 Letter Words for Divest

deist, diets, dites, dives, divet, edits, idest, sited, steid, stied, stive, tides, vised

4 Letter Words for Divest

deis, desi, deti, devi, devs, dies, diet, dist, dite, dits, dive, divs, edit, ides, ised, seit, side, site, sted, stid, stie, teds, tide, tids, tied, ties, vest, vets, vide, vids, vied, vies, vise, vite

3 Letter Words for Divest

dei, des, det, dev, die, dis, dit, div, eds, esd, est, ide, ids, ise, ist, itd, its, ive, sed, sei, set, sie, sit, std, ted, tes, tid, tie, tis, tsi, vei, vet, vid, vie, vis

Definitions for Divest

[1] to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves.
[2] to strip or deprive (someone or something), especially of property or rights; dispossess.
[3] to rid of or free from: He divested himself of all responsibility for the decision.
[4] Law . to take away or alienate (property, rights, etc.).
[5] Commerce . to sell off: to divest holdings. to rid of through sale: The corporation divested itself of its subsidiaries.
[6] to strip (of clothes) to divest oneself of one's coat
[7] to deprive or dispossess
[8] property law to take away an estate or interest in property vested (in a person)

Words related to Divest

deprive, rob, dismantle, bankrupt, unload, bereave, dump, undress, bare, strip, ditch, milk, disrobe, despoil, plunder, spoil, bleed, disinherit, oust, seize

Words nearby Divest

divertimento, diverting, divertissement, divertive, dives, divest, divestible, divestiture, divi, divi-divi, divid.

Origin of Divest

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin dīvestīre, equivalent to dī- di-2 + vestīre to dress, vest

Other words from Divest

un·di·vest·ed , adjective

Word origin for Divest

C17: changed from earlier devest

Synonyms for Divest

bankrupt, deprive, dismantle, rob, unload, bare, bereave, bleed, denudate, denude, despoil, disinherit, disrobe, ditch, doff, dump, lose, milk, oust, plunder, remove, seize, spoil, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress, eighty-six, take from