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divest - 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" |
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commit,
invest,
place,
put cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
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draw,
draw off,
take out,
withdraw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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divest - deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" |
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enthrone,
invest,
vest put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"
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discharge,
free release from military service
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dethrone remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"
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defrock,
unfrock divest of the frock; of church officials
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