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Definitions for Divested
[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 Divested
divestdeprive, rob, dismantle, bankrupt, unload, bereave, dump, undress, bare, strip, ditch, milk, disrobe, despoil, plunder, spoil, bleed, disinherit, oust, seize
Words nearby Divested
divestdivertimento, diverting, divertissement, divertive, dives, divest, divestible, divestiture, divi, divi-divi, divid.
Origin of Divested
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin dīvestīre, equivalent to dī- di-2 + vestīre to dress, vest
Other words from Divested
un·di·vest·ed , adjective
Word origin for Divested
C17: changed from earlier devest
Synonyms for Divested
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