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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: enthrone, invest, vest]
2: 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 university to disinvest in South Africa" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: commit, invest, place, put]
3: 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" [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Date: 1945 to reduce or eliminate capital investment (as in an industry or area)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (foll. by from, or absol.) reduce or dispose of one's investment (in a place, company, etc.). Derivatives: disinvestment n.