divest, disinvest
(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”
deprive, strip, divest
(verb) take away possessions from someone; “The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”
divest, disinvest
(verb) deprive of status or authority; “he was divested of his rights and his title”; “They disinvested themselves of their rights”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
divest (third-person singular simple present divests, present participle divesting, simple past and past participle divested)
(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
Synonyms: deprive, dispossess
(transitive, finance) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.
Synonym: sell off
Antonym: invest
(transitive, archaic) To undress.
Synonyms: undress, disrobe
Antonym: dress
In sense "sell off", stronger than related disinvest, which instead means "reduce or cease new investment".
• divets, stived
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] Etym: [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.
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. Wretches divested of every moral feeling. Goldsmith. The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. Earle.
3. (Law)
Definition: See Devest. Mozley & W.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
