divest (v)
disinvest#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def deprive of status or authority
examples he was divested of his rights and his title
They disinvested themselves of their rights
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 18 Somebody ----s somebody of something
Outgoing links
Hypernym free, discharge
Antonym divest → invest
Hyponym dethrone; defrock, unfrock
Incoming links
Antonym invest → divest
Hypernym dethrone; defrock, unfrock
Hyponym free, discharge

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