Divest

  • 31divest of suspicion — index disarm (set at ease) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 32divest oneself — index forswear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 33divest oneself of — index abandon (relinquish), disclaim, resign Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 34divest oneself of sth — UK US divest yourself of sth Phrasal Verb with divest({{}}/dɪˈvest/ verb [I or T] ► FINANCE to sell an asset, a business, etc. that belongs to you: »He wishes to divest himself of some newly inherited assets. »The Bank made a commercial decision… …

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  • 35divest yourself of sth — UK US divest yourself of sth Phrasal Verb with divest({{}}/dɪˈvest/ verb [I or T] ► FINANCE to sell an asset, a business, etc. that belongs to you: »He wishes to divest himself of some newly inherited assets. »The Bank made a commercial decision… …

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  • 36divest someone/thing of — deprive or dispossess someone or something of (power, rights, etc.). → divest …

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  • 37divest — transitive verb Etymology: alteration of devest Date: 1623 1. a. to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title b. to undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament …

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  • 38divest — Synonyms and related words: abridge, bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, bleed white, curtail, cut off, denudate, denude, deplume, deprive, deprive of, despoil, disencumber, disentitle, disinherit, dismantle, displume, dispossess, disrobe, doff,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 39divest — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To undress] Syn. strip, disrobe, uncover; see undress . 2. [To deprive] Syn. dispossess, strip, take from; see seize 2 . See Synonym Study at strip . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. strip, dispossess, deprive, confiscate,… …

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  • 40divest — see VEST …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins