| VERB | social | disinvest, divest | deprive of status or authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | disinvest, divest | reduce or dispose of | |
| change | disinvest, strip, undress, divest | remove (someone's or one's own) clothes |
| Meaning | deprive of status or authority. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "They disinvested themselves of their rights" | |
| Synonym | divest | |
| Narrower | defrock, unfrock | divest of the frock |
| dethrone | Remove a monarch from the throne | |
| Broader | free, discharge | Free from obligations or duties |
| Opposite | invest, vest, enthrone | Provide with power and authority |
| Spanish | desinvertir, despojaron, despojar, privar | |
| Catalan | desposseir, despullar | |
| Meaning | Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" | |
| Synonym | divest | |
| Broader | withdraw, draw, take out, draw off | Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
| Opposite | invest, put, commit, place | make an investment |
| Spanish | desinvertir | |
| Nouns | disinvestment | the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation |
| Meaning | Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He disinvested himself of his garments" | |
| Synonyms | strip, undress, divest | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel | Get undressed |
| Spanish | desvestir | |
| Catalan | despullar | |
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