divest

Betekenis (Engels)

  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.

Tegenovergesteld aan
invest, dress
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/daɪˈvɛst/
Etymologie (Engels)

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

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