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verb (used with object)
1.
to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves.
2.
to strip or deprive (someone or something), especially of property or rights; dispossess.
3.
to rid of or free from: He divested himself of all responsibility for the decision.
4.
Law. to take away or alienate (property, rights, etc.).
5.
Commerce.
a.
to sell off: to divest holdings.
b.
to rid of through sale: The corporation divested itself of its subsidiaries.
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Example Sentences
- The company should divest its noncore businesses and fix its manufacturing problems.
- Professors who want to start an intimate relationship with a student should divest themselves of all professional.
- It still oversees the firm as it closes down those positions and seeks to divest more mundane operating units.
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Word Origin & History
divest
1560s, from M.Fr. devester "strip of possessions," from O.Fr. desvestir, from des- "away" + vestir "to clothe." The figurative sense of "strip of possessions" is earliest in English; reflexive sense of "to strip oneself of" is from c.1600. Economic sense (implied in divestment) is from 1955. Related:
EXPANDDivested; divesting.
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