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divestive

divestive adjective: serving or tending to divest, or strip of a right or possession.

Adjective

divestive (not comparable)

  1. Serving or tending to divest, or strip of a right or possession.

Origin of divestive

From divest + -ive.

Questions about divestive

What does divestive mean?
Divestive means serving or tending to divest, or strip of a right or possession.
What part of speech is divestive?
Divestive is an adjective.

Words near divestive in the dictionary

  1. divestible
  2. divesting
  3. divestitive
  4. divestiture
  5. divestitures
  6. divestive
  7. divestment
  8. divestments
  9. divestor
  10. divestors
  11. divests

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