Definitions for divest
dɪˈvɛst, daɪ-di·vest

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deprive, strip, divestverb

   take away possessions from someone

   "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

2. divest, disinvestverb

   deprive of status or authority

   "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

3. divest, disinvestverb

   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"

4. strip, undress, divest, disinvestverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divestverb

   To undress, disrobe.

2. divestverb

   To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

3. divestverb

   To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary

   In 2011 the company divested an 81% majority stake in its Chinese subsidiary.

4. Etymology: Alteration of devest, after Latin divestire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. To DIVESTverb

   To strip; to make naked.

   Etymology: devestir, French.

   Then of his arms Androgeus he divests;
   His sword, his shield he takes, and plumed crests. John Denham.

   Let us divest the gay phantom of temporal happiness, of all that false lustre and ornament in which the pride, the passions, and the folly of men have dressed it up. John Rogers, Serm.

WikipediaRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. divest

   In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment. Divestiture is an adaptive change and adjustment of a company's ownership and business portfolio made to confront with internal and external changes.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divest

   Divest refers to the act of selling off a business asset or investment, or the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or strategic objectives. This can involve selling off stocks, property, or a subsidiary company. It is often done to improve the economic performance of a business or to redirect funds towards more profitable areas.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Divestverb

   to unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest

2. Divestverb

   fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc

3. Divestverb

   see Devest

4. Etymology: [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Divest

   di-vest′, v.t. to strip or deprive of anything.—adj. Divest′ible.—ns. Divest′iture, Divest′ment (rare). [L. devestīre—dis, neg., vestīre, to clothe—vestis, a garment.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divest

   To strip of clothes, arms, or equipage.

Matched Categories

1. • Remove
   • Withdraw

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Anagrams for divest »

1. vedist

How to pronounce divest?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of divest in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of divest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of divest in a Sentence

1. Andre Barlow:

   Any time you're down to two players or less you have a problem that needs to be resolved, three, you may still have to divest.

2. Andre Krause:

   Institutional investors are usually not activists, they either like a stock or they don't like it. If they don't like the stock, they divest.. so the shareholder register is currently dominated by people that actually like the transaction, i'm flying out for a roadshow over the next couple of weeks so we'll see all of the guys again (...) We'll figure out if there's scepticism or criticism.

3. Jack Allardyce:

   Should low oil prices prevail, they're a quarter or two away from having to cut the dividend, or divest some more assets.

4. Noah Bookbinder:

   While this is a notable step in the right direction, it's a small one that comes much too late, the ethics issues that arise from Ivanka Trump ownership of the Ivanka Trump Brand also arise from Ivanka Trump ownership stake in the Trump Organization, and still more issues arise from Ivanka Trump father's ownership of that business. If the Ivanka Trump family truly cared about ethics, they would fully divest themselves of these assets -- something they should have done before they entered the White House.

5. George Mason:

   All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=divest
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Divest
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=divest
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divest
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divest
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=divest
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=divest