Definitions for divest

divest di·vest

Spelling: [dih-vest, dahy-]
IPA: /dɪˈvɛst, daɪ-/

Divest is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in divest (deistv).

Definitions for divest

verb (used with object)

  1. to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.:
  2. to strip or deprive (someone or something), especially of property or rights; dispossess.
  3. to rid of or free from:
  4. Law. to take away or alienate (property, rights, etc.).
  5. Commerce. to sell off: to rid of through sale:

Origin of divest

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

Examples for divest

It is difficult to divest the mind of facts with which it is most familiar.

She will have to divest herself of all her "Kilgobbinries" ere I present her to my friends in town.'

Their first goal would be to force the university endowments to divest themselves of shares in these banks.

They put all their weight into defeating the proposal to divest--and they won, but by a measly two votes.

Waters has become a regular of the various campaigns to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel.

Our proclivity to details cannot quite degrade our life and divest it of poetry.

He was in a hurry to divest himself of everything recalling the peasant.

No, no, he could not divest himself of that gown which clung so tightly to his flesh.

The Presbyterians decided to divest in 2004, and the reaction from establishment Jewish organizations was swift.

And a movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel is gaining force around the world.

Word Value for divest
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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