Divest
verb
To sell off or rid oneself of property or rights.
The company decided to divest its pharmaceutical division
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- divest of shares
- divest from business
verb
To take off clothes, equipment, or decorations.
She divested herself of her outer garments
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- divest oneself of garments
- divest of equipment
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Formal
verb
To remove or take away from.
He was divested of all his powers
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- divest of power
- divest of rights
verb
To sell off or rid oneself of property or rights.
The company decided to divest its pharmaceutical division
Often appears as...
- divest of shares
- divest from business
verb
To take off clothes, equipment, or decorations.
She divested herself of her outer garments
Often appears as...
- divest oneself of garments
- divest of equipment
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To remove or take away from.
He was divested of all his powers
Often appears as...
- divest of power
- divest of rights
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Business Strategy
Used in business to describe strategic removal, especially to increase value or efficiency.
The CEO plans to divest underperforming branches.
Pro Tip 2/3Investment Adjustments
In finance, it means selling assets, often to rebalance a portfolio.
The investor divested her stocks in the oil sector.
Pro Tip 3/3Ethical Choices
It can involve ethical decisions, such as withdrawing from harmful industries.
After the protest, the university divested from fossil fuels.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Strategy
Used in business to describe strategic removal, especially to increase value or efficiency.
The CEO plans to divest underperforming branches.
Pro Tip 2/3Investment Adjustments
In finance, it means selling assets, often to rebalance a portfolio.
The investor divested her stocks in the oil sector.
Pro Tip 3/3Ethical Choices
It can involve ethical decisions, such as withdrawing from harmful industries.
After the protest, the university divested from fossil fuels.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Strategy
Used in business to describe strategic removal, especially to increase value or efficiency.
The CEO plans to divest underperforming branches.
Pro Tip 2/3Investment Adjustments
In finance, it means selling assets, often to rebalance a portfolio.
The investor divested her stocks in the oil sector.
Pro Tip 3/3Ethical Choices
It can involve ethical decisions, such as withdrawing from harmful industries.
After the protest, the university divested from fossil fuels.
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Bill Gates: The...
They're not the whole solution. But you know, people sometimes think just by putting numbers, disclosing numbers, that somehow it all changes or by divesting that it all changes. The financial sector is important, but without the innovation,
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
saw a month ago and I haven't seen again since the devel divest have returned with the rains brought the green grasses and whatever it might be climate change or management practices down in that
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
They're not the whole solution. But you know, people sometimes think just by putting numbers, disclosing numbers, that somehow it all changes or by divesting that it all changes. The financial sector is important, but without the innovation,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
saw a month ago and I haven't seen again since the devel divest have returned with the rains brought the green grasses and whatever it might be climate change or management practices down in that
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
George Saunders
American Writer
So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find some little seed crystal of interest, a sentence or an image or an idea, and as much as possible divest myself of any deep ideas about it. And then by this process of revision, mysteriously it starts to accrete meanings as you go.
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George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
The language of literature is the language of all the world. It is necessary to divest ourselves at once of the notion of diversified vocal and grammatical speech which constitutes the various tongues of the Earth, and conceals the identity of image and logic in the minds of all men.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.
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Ginni Rometty
American Businesswoman
Some people make their choice on size. I happen to not be a believer in that. I've often said, especially in an industry that's clamoring for growth, if I wanted size, I wouldn't have divested $8 billion of businesses.
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Algernon Sidney
English Politician
Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.
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John Marshall
American Judge
When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
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George Berkeley
Irish Philosopher
So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.
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Linda Sarsour
American Activist
We will protect our constitutional right to boycott, divest, and sanctions in this country.
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George Saunders
American Writer
So for me the approach has become to go into a story not really sure of what I want to say, try to find some little seed crystal of interest, a sentence or an image or an idea, and as much as possible divest myself of any deep ideas about it. And then by this process of revision, mysteriously it starts to accrete meanings as you go.
Quote examples
George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
The language of literature is the language of all the world. It is necessary to divest ourselves at once of the notion of diversified vocal and grammatical speech which constitutes the various tongues of the Earth, and conceals the identity of image and logic in the minds of all men.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.
Quote examples
Ginni Rometty
American Businesswoman
Some people make their choice on size. I happen to not be a believer in that. I've often said, especially in an industry that's clamoring for growth, if I wanted size, I wouldn't have divested $8 billion of businesses.
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Algernon Sidney
English Politician
Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.
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John Marshall
American Judge
When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights.
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James Baldwin
American Novelist
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
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George Berkeley
Irish Philosopher
So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.
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Linda Sarsour
American Activist
We will protect our constitutional right to boycott, divest, and sanctions in this country.
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