"divest" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /daɪˈvɛst/ [UK, US], /dɪˈvɛst/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-divest.ogg Forms: divests [present, singular, third-person], divesting [participle, present], divested [participle, past], divested [past]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wes-|id=dress}}, {{der|en|frm|devester||strip of possessions}} Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), {{der|en|fro|desvestir}} Old French desvestir Head templates: {{en-verb}} divest (third-person singular simple present divests, present participle divesting, simple past and past participle divested)
  1. (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice). Tags: transitive Synonyms: deprive, dispossess Translations (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something): отнемам (otnemam) (Bulgarian), лишавам (lišavam) (Bulgarian), privar (Catalan), desposseir (Catalan), 剝奪 (Chinese Mandarin), 剥夺 (bōduó) (Chinese Mandarin), zbavit (english: se) [perfective] (Czech), riistää (Finnish), ottaa (Finnish), dispoiâ (Friulian), berauben (German), entziehen (German), megfoszt (Hungarian), spogliare (Italian), 奪う (ubau) (alt: うばう) (Japanese), лиша́ть (lišátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), лиши́ть (lišítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отнима́ть (otnimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отня́ть (otnjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), privar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-divest-en-verb-u9FqG7fW Disambiguation of 'to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something': 84 5 12
  2. (transitive, finance) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: sell off Translations (to sell off): zbavit se [perfective] (Czech), myydä pois (Finnish), luopua (Finnish), értékesít (Hungarian), kiárusít (Hungarian), elárusít (Hungarian), elad (Hungarian), disinvestire (Italian), liquidar (Spanish), vender (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-divest-en-verb-1-Ih28zy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 86 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 85 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 82 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 88 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 71 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 63 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 75 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 12 71 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 78 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 63 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 75 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 81 10 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'to sell off': 2 95 3
  3. (transitive, archaic) To undress. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: undress, disrobe
    Sense id: en-divest-en-verb-fUmqdHFp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: divestable, divester, divestible, divestitive, divestiture, divestive, divestment, divestor, undivested Related terms: disinvest

Inflected forms

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          "text": "In 2011, the company divested an 81% majority stake in its foreign subsidiary.",
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          "text": "Glasgow will become the first university in Europe to divest from fossil fuels.",
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          "ref": "2011, Alfred Schipke, Why Do Governments Divest?: The Macroeconomics of Privatization, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 6:",
          "text": "It is argued that from a fiscal point of view, governments should divest only if this leads to an improvement in the intertemporal budget constraint. However, it is shown that policymakers are instead inclined to divest public assets as a means of […]",
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          "ref": "2018, Ravi Kanbur, Henry Shue, Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 146:",
          "text": "Building from this argument, we can now turn to arguing the moral case why individuals should divest from fossil fuels. We can flesh out what is wrong with continuing investments in the fossil fuel industry in terms of the role that an agent […]",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "disinvest"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You shall never divest me of my right to free speech.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "When I wake up, I make a point to divest myself of all my prejudices, ready to start the day.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ],
        [
          "dispossess",
          "dispossess"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "passion",
          "passion"
        ],
        [
          "privilege",
          "privilege"
        ],
        [
          "prejudice",
          "prejudice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deprive"
        },
        {
          "word": "dispossess"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "invest"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Finance"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In 2011, the company divested an 81% majority stake in its foreign subsidiary.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Glasgow will become the first university in Europe to divest from fossil fuels.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Alfred Schipke, Why Do Governments Divest?: The Macroeconomics of Privatization, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 6:",
          "text": "It is argued that from a fiscal point of view, governments should divest only if this leads to an improvement in the intertemporal budget constraint. However, it is shown that policymakers are instead inclined to divest public assets as a means of […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Ravi Kanbur, Henry Shue, Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 146:",
          "text": "Building from this argument, we can now turn to arguing the moral case why individuals should divest from fossil fuels. We can flesh out what is wrong with continuing investments in the fossil fuel industry in terms of the role that an agent […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sell off",
          "sell off"
        ],
        [
          "subsidiary",
          "subsidiary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, finance) To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sell off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dress"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:",
          "text": "Having divested the child he kissed her gently and gave her a little pat to make her stand off.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To undress."
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      "links": [
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          "undress"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To undress."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "undress"
        },
        {
          "word": "disrobe"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/daɪˈvɛst/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈvɛst/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otnemam",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "отнемам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lišavam",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "лишавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "privar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "desposseir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "剝奪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bōduó",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "剥夺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "english": "se",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbavit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "riistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "ottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "dispoiâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "berauben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "entziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "megfoszt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "spogliare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うばう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ubau",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "奪う"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lišátʹ",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "лиша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lišítʹ",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "лиши́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnimátʹ",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отнима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something",
      "word": "privar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbavit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "myydä pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "luopua"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "értékesít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "kiárusít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "elárusít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "elad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "disinvestire"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "liquidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to sell off",
      "word": "vender"
    }
  ],
  "word": "divest"
}

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