- Types Of Speech
- You can use divest as a verb in a sentence.
- About Divest
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters d, e, i, s, t, and v, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ve. Divest starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, div, dive, dives, and the ending characters are t, st, est, vest, ivest, ..
- Definition
- Remove (someone''s or one''s own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- School Grade
- Divest is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is divest a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Divest in Pig Latin is said as "ivestday or ivestdway".
- Unigram
- d | i | v | e | s | t
- Bigram
- di | iv | ve | es | st
- Trigram
- div | ive | ves | est
- Quadrigram
- dive | ives | vest
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;
"The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim";
"She divested herself of her outdoor clothes";
"He disinvested himself of his garments" - 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 univeristy to disinvest in South Africa" - take away possessions from someone;
"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" - deprive of status or authority;
"he was divested of his rights and his title";
"They disinvested themselves of their rights"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abbreviate | shorten "Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''" |
| Abridge | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| Alleviate | provide physical relief, as from pain "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
| Amercement | money extracted as a penalty |
| Assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
| Bankrupt | someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts |
| Bare | lay bare "denude a forest" |
| Bereave | deprive through death |
| Bleed | lose blood from one''s body |
| Bleed White |
View all cognitive synonyms for Divest
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vedist | a scholar of or an authority on the Vedas |
| Divest | remove (someone''s or one''s own) clothes "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim" "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes" "He disinvested himself of his garments" |
View English words with the unique letters used in divest. Words With The Letters Deistv
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Strip | |
| Striptease | |
| Strip Show | |
| Undress | partial or complete nakedness "a state of undress" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Remove | degree of figurative distance or separation "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy" |
| Take | the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption |
| Take Away | |
| Withdraw | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract "remove a threat" "remove a wrapper" "Remove the dirty dishes from the table" "take the gun from your pocket" "This machine withdraws heat from the envir |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedative (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 13 +2 | adeeistv | ||
| Vedist (6 letters) | 10 | 11 | vedist | ||
| Divest (6 letters) | 10 | 11 | vedist | ||
| Divested (8 letters) | 13 +3 | 14 +3 | divested |
Divest Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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