devested

Meanings

• Verb

  Stripped of possessions, clothes, or status.

  - "The company devested its subsidiary of all its assets."
  - "After the scandal, the politician was devested of his title and privileges."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with devested
deprived , received , persisted , desired

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Variants

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devest , devested , devesting , devests

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin word 'devestire', meaning 'to undress' or 'to strip'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'devest' was first used in English in the late 15th century.

2. Devesting is a common theme in various forms of literature, including Shakespeare's 'King Lear' and Dickens' 'Barnaby Rudge'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Asset stripping: A corporate strategy involving the sale of assets from a company in order to pay off debt or increase profitability. Devesting is a key component of asset stripping.

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Culture

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Devesting has been used metaphorically to describe the removal of power, status, or privileges from an individual or group.

How to Memorize "devested"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone being stripped of their possessions or clothes.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'devest' with 'deprived' or 'stripped'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'devest' as 'de' (meaning 'away') + 'vest' (meaning 'clothes') = 'take away clothes'.

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