divest

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
2. (transitive) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.
3. (archaic, transitive) To undress.

Concepts

priver

dépouiller

déshabiller

déposséder

dégarnir

dénuer

Opposé de

invest, dress

Synonymes

strip

undress

disinvest

deprive

disrobe

denude

dispossess

unclothe

take away

rive

doff

take off

defoliate

defrost

deplume

depose

destitute

dethrone

detract

disclaim

dismantle

dismount

dispense with

dispose

dispose of

dock

drop out

eliminate

exploit

expropriate

forego

forgo

give

give up

grate

lapse

mulct

part with

predate

prey

rack

relinquish

remove

renounce

rip

rip up

rob

sell off

sign away

snag

Traductions

spogliare

entblößen

desposeer

despojar

privar

soymak

desvestir

denudare

privar

desposseir

desnudar

entkleiden

beim Ablegen helfen

entziehen

ausziehen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daɪˈvɛst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).