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disinvest

 
Verb disinvest has 3 senses
  1. divest, disinvest - deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
    --1 is one way to free, discharge
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. divest, disinvest - 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"
    --2 is one way to withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
    Derived form: noun disinvestment1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. strip, undress, divest, disinvest - 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"
    --3 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
disinterestedly disinterestedness disintergrate disintermediation disinterment disinterments disintigrate disintigrated disinvest disinvestment disinvolve disipate disipated disiplain disipline disird disire

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