divest
verb /daɪˈvest/
/daɪˈvest/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they divest | /daɪˈvest/ /daɪˈvest/ |
| he / she / it divests | /daɪˈvests/ /daɪˈvests/ |
| past simple divested | /daɪˈvestɪd/ /daɪˈvestɪd/ |
| past participle divested | /daɪˈvestɪd/ /daɪˈvestɪd/ |
| -ing form divesting | /daɪˈvestɪŋ/ /daɪˈvestɪŋ/ |
- divest somebody/yourself of something to remove clothes
- He divested himself of his jacket.
- divest yourself of something to get rid of something
- The company is divesting itself of some of its assets.
- divest somebody/something of something to take something away from somebody/something
- After her illness she was divested of much of her responsibility.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: alteration of devest, from Old French desvestir, from des- (expressing removal) + Latin vestire (from vestis ‘garment’).