Class: verb | Syllables: dye-VEST

Definition: To divest something valuable, such as property or stocks, is to sell it. Similarly, to divest yourself of something valuable is to sell it or give it away. And if you divest someone or something of something, you take that thing away from them, or otherwise cause them to lose it or give it up.

Example(s):
// We may have to divest certain assets in order to raise the money.
// The court's ruling does not divest the family of their ability to use the property.
// I suppose it really is time to divest the Christmas tree of its ornaments, and stow it all away.