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di·vest

(dĭ-vĕst′, dī-)

tr.v. di·vest·ed, di·vest·ing, di·vests

1. To strip, as of clothes.

a. To deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess.

b. To free of; rid: "Most secretive of men, let him at last divest himself of secrets, both his and ours" (Brendan Gill).

3. To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).

4. Law To devest.

[Alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin dīvestīre, to undress) of devest.]

di·vest′ment n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

divest

(daɪˈvɛst)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) to strip (of clothes): to divest oneself of one's coat.

2. to deprive or dispossess

3. (Law) property law to take away an estate or interest in property vested in (a person)

[C17: changed from earlier devest]

diˈvestible adj

divestiture, divesture, diˈvestment n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

di•vest

(dɪˈvɛst, daɪ-)

v.t.

1. to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.

2. to strip or deprive (someone or something), esp. of property or rights; dispossess.

3. to rid of or free from: to divest oneself of responsibility for a decision.

4. to take away (property, legal rights, etc.).

a. to sell off.

b. to rid of through sale.

[1595–1605; < Medieval Latin dīvestīre= Latin dī- di-² + vestīre to dress, vest]

di•ves′ti•ble, adj.

divest

Past participle: divested
Gerund: divesting

Imperative
divest
divest

Present
I divest
you divest
he/she/it divests
we divest
you divest
they divest

Preterite
I divested
you divested
he/she/it divested
we divested
you divested
they divested

Present Continuous
I am divesting
you are divesting
he/she/it is divesting
we are divesting
you are divesting
they are divesting

Present Perfect
I have divested
you have divested
he/she/it has divested
we have divested
you have divested
they have divested

Past Continuous
I was divesting
you were divesting
he/she/it was divesting
we were divesting
you were divesting
they were divesting

Past Perfect
I had divested
you had divested
he/she/it had divested
we had divested
you had divested
they had divested

Future
I will divest
you will divest
he/she/it will divest
we will divest
you will divest
they will divest

Future Perfect
I will have divested
you will have divested
he/she/it will have divested
we will have divested
you will have divested
they will have divested

Future Continuous
I will be divesting
you will be divesting
he/she/it will be divesting
we will be divesting
you will be divesting
they will be divesting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been divesting
you have been divesting
he/she/it has been divesting
we have been divesting
you have been divesting
they have been divesting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been divesting
you will have been divesting
he/she/it will have been divesting
we will have been divesting
you will have been divesting
they will have been divesting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been divesting
you had been divesting
he/she/it had been divesting
we had been divesting
you had been divesting
they had been divesting

Conditional
I would divest
you would divest
he/she/it would divest
we would divest
you would divest
they would divest

Past Conditional
I would have divested
you would have divested
he/she/it would have divested
we would have divested
you would have divested
they would have divested

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Verb	1.	divest - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" deprive, strip unarm, disarm - take away the weapons from; render harmless expropriate - deprive of possessions; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" clean - deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely" take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" dispossess - deprive of the possession of real estate clean out - deprive completely of money or goods; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours" unclothe - strip; "unclothe your heart of envy" unsex - deprive of sex or sexual powers orphan - deprive of parents bereave - deprive through death
	2.	divest - deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" disinvest dethrone - remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" discharge, free - free from obligations or duties defrock, unfrock - divest of the frock; of church officials enthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
	3.	divest - 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" disinvest draw off, take out, withdraw, draw - remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" invest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
	4.	divest - 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" undress, disinvest, strip discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe, peel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

divest

verb

1. deprive, strip, dispossess, despoil They were divested of all their personal possessions.

2. strip, remove, take off, undress, denude, disrobe, unclothe the formalities of divesting her of her coat

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

divest

verb

1. To make bare:

bare, denude, disrobe, expose, strip, uncover.

2. To take or keep something away from:

deprive, dispossess, rob, strip.

Translations

ausziehen

desprenderse privar

denudare privare spogliare spossessare

divest

¹ [daɪˈvest] VT to divest sb of sth → despojar a algn de algo
to divest o.s. of one's rights → renunciar a sus derechos
he divested himself of his coat (frm) → se despojó de su abrigo (frm)

divest

² [daɪˈvest] VT & VI (US) (Fin) → desinvertir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

divest

[daɪˈvɛst]

vt (= dispose of) [+ interests, shares] → se défaire de
to divest o.s. of sth (= dispose of) [+ interests, shares] → se défaire de qch; [+ responsibilities] → se soustraire à qch
to divest sb of sth (= rob of) → dépouiller qn de qch

vi (= dispose of interests, shares) → vendre

divest

(of clothes, leaves) → berauben; to divest oneself of something → sich einer Sache (gen) → entledigen; to divest somebody of something → jdn einer Sache (gen) → berauben; to be divested of something → einer Sache (gen) → entledigt/beraubt werden; to divest a site of nuclear material → ein Gelände von Strahlenmaterial befreien; he divested her of her coat (hum, form) → er nahm ihr den Mantel ab

to divest somebody of office/(his) rank → jdn des or seines Amtes/seiner Würden entkleiden (geh)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

divest

[daɪˈvɛst] vt (frm) to divest of → spogliare di

References in classic literature ?

The repairs completed, old Marheyo gave me a paternal hug; and divesting himself of his 'maro' (girdle), swathed the calico about his loins, and slipping the beloved ornaments into his ears, grasped his spear and sallied out of the house, like a valiant Templar arrayed in a new and costly suit of armour.

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Wopsle was divesting himself of his Danish garments, and here there was just room for us to look at him over one another's shoulders, by keeping the packing-case door, or lid, wide open.

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He added: "When looking at new assets, new licences and new opportunities, sometimes it makes sense and there's more value created by putting an asset into production and sometimes there will be more value created by divesting. In the Crown instance there was more value created to divest."

UOG assets could be sold off; NORTH SEA

Mr Femi Otedola has sold his 75 per cent majority stake in the oil marketing company, Forte Oil, divesting a total of his 970.17 million shares of Forte Oil, worth N64.38 billion on the floors of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in an off-market trade.

Otedola Sells Forte Oil, To Focus On Power Generation

The firms from that KLP is divesting include BHP Group, AGL Energy, Origin Energy and South32.

Kommunal Landspensjonskasse divests from stocks and holdings of 46 firms

"But strangely quashing the orders divesting him as CBI Director and despite restoring him, the court has said that he will not take major policy decision till such time that this high powered committee comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition and Chief Justice of India meets and considers the matter," he said.

Alok Verma's reinstatement as Central Bureau of Investigation Director is partial victory: Senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan

"Ireland, by divesting, is sending a clear message that the Irish public and the international community are ready to think and act beyond narrow short-term vested interests."

Divesting the Emerald Isle

The company is divesting non-core assets for up to USD16m in cash.

Ballard Power Systems signs contract to divest certain non-core assets of Protonex

While GE is focused on divesting the LTC business, it is also open to shedding other insurance assets, including structured settlements and other life and disability products, sources say.

GE working with bankers to divest insurance business, Reuters reports

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