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(di-vest) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to take away or remove something from someone.

Example Sentence

They will divest him of his rights and titles.

More Example Sentences

They want to divest the extra equipment.

Synonyms

strip; remove; disencumber

Antonyms

invest; acquire; gain

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Rhymes

  • best
  • beste
  • blessed
  • blest
  • breast
  • brest
  • c'est
  • chest
  • chrest
  • crest
  • dest
  • dressed
  • este
  • fessed
  • fest
  • gest
  • guessed
  • guest
  • jest
  • lest
  • messed
  • mest
  • nest
  • neste
  • pest
  • pressed
  • prest
  • quest
  • rest
  • stressed
  • test
  • trest
  • vest
  • west
  • wrest
  • yoest
  • zest

  • abreast
  • addressed
  • addwest
  • arrest
  • assessed
  • attest
  • behest
  • bequest
  • celeste
  • compressed
  • confessed
  • congest
  • contest
  • d'allest
  • depressed
  • detest
  • digest
  • digressed
  • distressed
  • divest
  • expressed
  • farwest
  • finessed
  • impressed
  • infest
  • ingest
  • invest
  • midwest
  • molest
  • natwest
  • northwest
  • norwest
  • obsessed
  • oppressed
  • penwest
  • possessed
  • professed
  • progressed
  • protest
  • recessed
  • repressed
  • request
  • retest
  • southwest
  • stateswest
  • suggest
  • suppressed
  • transgressed
  • undressed
  • unrest

  • acquiesced
  • coalesced
  • dispossessed
  • eastern-west
  • indigest
  • intrawest
  • rearrest
  • reassessed
  • reinvest
  • repossessed
  • self-professed
  • telequest
  • telewest
  • unaddressed
  • unimpressed
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