divestv.

Brit.

/dʌɪˈvɛst/,

/dᵻˈvɛst/, U.S.

/daɪˈvɛst/,

/dəˈvɛst/

Etymology: A refashioning, after Latin analogies, of earlier devest v. from French. Old French desvestir, through its later form devestir, gave devest immediately, while its mediæval latinization disvestīre, rectified to dīvestīre (after ancient Latin dīvellĕre, dīvertĕre, etc.) has given divest, and this, through the general preference for the Latin over the French forms of the prefixes has supplanted devest, except in legal use, where both are found.

1. transitive. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > by withdrawing a cloth, etc.

unlapa1450

unclothe1607

unveil1657

to lay off1699

divest1814

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)]

stripa1225

spoila1382

unclothea1382

despoil1388

spoila1395

undighta1400

uncase1576

disrobe1581

unreadya1586

untire1597

devest1598

discasea1616

undressa1616

disvest1627

doff1697

tirr1787

unray1825

divest1848

undrape1869

unrind1872

shuck1897

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person

to dight nakedc1200

stripa1225

unclothec1300

nakea1350

despoilc1386

spoilc1386

spoila1400

uncleada1400

undighta1400

unarray14..

disarrayc1425

disattire?1473

unray1485

uncover1530

tirr1553

disclothe1570

disvesture1570

uncoat1571

uncase1576

unapparel1577

disrobe1590

unrig1591

unbusk1596

unstrip1596

untire1597

devest1598

unparel1603

unshale1604

unvest1609

disapparel1610

flaya1616

undress1615

disinvest1619

disvest1627

despoil1632

blanch1675

unpack1765

ungarment1805

peel1820

divest1848

divesture1854

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 Troilus hee marcked running, deuested of armour.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. xlvii. 148 One crab devested of its shell.]

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vi. 257 A leafy grove Discoloured, then divested .

1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man ii. 67 Divesting herself of her out-of-door attire.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 327 Having divested himself of the dust with which he was covered.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 32 Some of the Gothic windows had been divested of their tracery.

a. figurative. To strip (a person or thing) of possessions, rights, or attributes; to denude, dispossess, deprive; less usually in good sense, to free, rid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > dispossess

disseisec1320

disincreasec1374

disheritc1400

disappoint1434

unpossessc1449

forbanishc1450

dispoint1483

disemparec1500

usurp1512

defeat?1545

depose1558

devest1563

dispossess1565

disappropriate1610

disadvest1611

expropriate1611

dispropriate1613

dispropertya1616

disinvest1619

divest1648

unrobe1650

defarm1693

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham xxix The royall babes deuested from theyr trone.]

1648 Hunting of Fox 36 A prevailing Faction..hath divested him of all his Rights.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xviii. 117 The Aspects are not wholly devested of Influence when under the Horizon.]

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 136 [Monkeys] are frequently tamed..but they can never be divested of a mischievous disposition.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 204 Divesting him of the government.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 105 He divests them of their antithetical character.

b. reflexive. to divest oneself of: to strip or dispossess oneself of; to put off, throw off, lay aside, abandon, rid oneself of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (reflexive)]

to divest oneself ofa1616

to devest oneself of1633

a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. i. 49 Now we will diuest vs both of Rule, Interest of Territory, Cares of State.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. v. 70 He agreed to divest himself of this undoubted flower of his crown.

1823 J. Keble Serm. (1848) iii. 66 Divesting ourselves, for a moment, of all impressions received from other kinds of evidence.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 300 We have a moral nature from which we cannot divest ourselves.

3. To put off (clothes, or anything worn or represented as worn); to lay aside, abandon. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]

to let awaya1000

forcast?c1225

to lay downc1275

forthrow1340

flita1375

removea1382

to cast away1382

understrewc1384

castc1390

to lay awaya1400

to lay asidec1440

slingc1440

warpiss1444

to lay from, offc1480

way-put1496

depose1526

to lay apart1526

to put off1526

to set apart1530

to turn up1541

abandonate?1561

devest1566

dispatch1569

decarta1572

discard1578

to make away1580

to fling away1587

to cast off1597

doff1599

cashier1603

to set by1603

moult1604

excuss1607

retorta1616

divest1639

deposit1646

disentail1667

dismiss1675

slough1845

shed1856

jettison1869

shake1872

offload1900

junk1911

dump1919

sluff1934

bin1940

to put down1944

shitcan1973

1566 T. Drant in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall To Rdr. sig. aii^v Fewe or none doo attempt to deuest or plucke of her vaile of hypocrisie.]

1639 G. Daniel Vervicensis 708 I endeavour To put of Man, and ffrailtie to divest.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. §4 ⁋10. Knowing how hardly we can divest our voluptuousness and ambition.

1835 R. Browning Paracelsus i. 30 I will devest all fear.

4. Law. To take away (property, etc., vested in any one); to alienate, convey away; = devest v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)]

assign1297

bequeathc1305

alienc1400

analy1405

releasea1425

alienate?a1475

to make over1478

convey1495

transport1523

to put over1542

dispone?1548

design1573

pass1587

to set over1594

transfer1598

abalienate1646

attorn1649

demise1670

enure1736

to will away1773

divest1790

society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > take away a right [verb (transitive)]

devest1538

renversec1586

disprivilege1622

divest1790

frustrate1831

1538 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) ii. vii.f. 33^v They canne nat deueste that thynge in fee, whiche hath ben vested in their house.]

1790 C. Durnford & E. H. East Law Rep. 3 467 The assignee's putting his mark on them could not divest the consignor's right.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. xxxv. xiii. §5 No estate or interest can be barred by a fine, unless it is divested out of the real owner, either before the fine is levied, or by the operation of the fine itself.

1866 D. Maclachlan Arnould's Law Marine Insurance (ed. 3) I. i. iii. 104 A mere pledge of the property, as a collateral security, does not devest all his insurable interest out of the property originally insured.]

1874 Stephen's New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 7) II. ii. ii. vi. 145 The property of a bankrupt is..made liable to be divested from him and distributed.

5. transitive. Originally U.S. To sell off (a subsidiary company or business interest); to dispose of, cease to hold (an investment or business interest, in later use esp. one judged not to meet required ethical standards or criteria relating to environmental sustainability). Also intransitive.ⓘ [Probably influenced by association with invest v. and disinvest v. Compare divestment n. 2.]

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > other money-dealing operations

to part stakes (also shares)1553

marshal1771

float1872

squeeze1885

hedge1909

block1932

to lock in1950

divest1962

reintermediate1971

launder1973

wash1973

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > other types of money dealing

to bargain and sell1768

hedge1909

to break even1914

to wash its face1946

disinvest1961

reintermediate1979

pitch1980

divest1984

1962 Atlantic Reporter 175 37/1 He might have, if not repulsed, divested American Screw from Noma.

1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 30 July 3/5 A 1966 decree requiring Von's Grocery Stores to divest a certain number of required stores..resulted in divestment of its forty least profitable outlets.

1978 Washington Post 28 Feb. d8 More than 400 students and faculty..have asked the school's board of trustees to divest $20 million in stock in 22 American corporations.

1982 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 23/2 Colgate has been..divesting some of the activities not in its main business.

1984 Times 3 May 25/2 Mr Saul Steinberg's US-based Reliance group of companies has also decided to divest.

2021 Financial Times 20 Mar. 6 Even Bill Gates, previously a divestment sceptic, has now pledged to divest his holdings in oil and gas companies.

6. To vest, invest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > devote oneself to or take time for > devote (a faculty, time, etc.) to

spenda1300

givec1340

applyc1425

bend?1510

consecrate1555

divest1638

invest1837

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 343 When Apollo divests himselfe in his most ardent splendour.

a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 333 That authority which was divested by God in His Majesty's person.

Derivatives

diˈvesting n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing

disseising1475

amotionc1503

dispossession1576

disseisure1579

disseisin1586

dispossessment1599

divestiture1601

devestment1647

devesture1648

divesting1712

divestment1756

disinvestiture1846

expropriation1848

1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 80 This would be a Divesting of themselves.

diˈvested adj. (The latter is found loosely used for: Devoid of.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something

nakedeOE

toomOE

windia1225

skerec1250

freea1325

expertc1374

unbeseen1390

vacanta1400

devoidc1400

indigent1490

waste1513

clear1569

divesta1679

viduate1692

innocent1706

divested1742

sincerea1754

virgin1889

1742 Mem. Lady H. Butler II. 184 I..was entirely divested of the vanity of wishing to shine in borrowed ornaments.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 308 (note) By no means divested of a literary talent at retort.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	divest
释义	† divestadj. Etymology: Shortened < divested adj. at divest v. Derivatives. Obsolete. rare. = divested adj. at divest v. Derivatives. (In quot. as past participle.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something nakedeOE toomOE windia1225 skerec1250 freea1325 expertc1374 unbeseen1390 vacanta1400 devoidc1400 indigent1490 waste1513 clear1569 divesta1679 viduate1692 innocent1706 divested1742 sincerea1754 virgin1889 a1679 Earl of Orrery Herod the Great (1694) iv. 26 As those who bore them..Seem'd by their Looks of more than Life divest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). divestv. Brit. /dʌɪˈvɛst/, /dᵻˈvɛst/, U.S. /daɪˈvɛst/, /dəˈvɛst/ Etymology: A refashioning, after Latin analogies, of earlier devest v. from French. Old French desvestir, through its later form devestir, gave devest immediately, while its mediæval latinization disvestīre, rectified to dīvestīre (after ancient Latin dīvellĕre, dīvertĕre, etc.) has given divest, and this, through the general preference for the Latin over the French forms of the prefixes has supplanted devest, except in legal use, where both are found. 1. transitive. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose > by withdrawing a cloth, etc. unlapa1450 unclothe1607 unveil1657 to lay off1699 divest1814 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)] stripa1225 spoila1382 unclothea1382 despoil1388 spoila1395 undighta1400 uncase1576 disrobe1581 unreadya1586 untire1597 devest1598 discasea1616 undressa1616 disvest1627 doff1697 tirr1787 unray1825 divest1848 undrape1869 unrind1872 shuck1897 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person to dight nakedc1200 stripa1225 unclothec1300 nakea1350 despoilc1386 spoilc1386 spoila1400 uncleada1400 undighta1400 unarray14.. disarrayc1425 disattire?1473 unray1485 uncover1530 tirr1553 disclothe1570 disvesture1570 uncoat1571 uncase1576 unapparel1577 disrobe1590 unrig1591 unbusk1596 unstrip1596 untire1597 devest1598 unparel1603 unshale1604 unvest1609 disapparel1610 flaya1616 undress1615 disinvest1619 disvest1627 despoil1632 blanch1675 unpack1765 ungarment1805 peel1820 divest1848 divesture1854 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 Troilus hee marcked running, deuested of armour. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. xlvii. 148 One crab devested of its shell.] 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vi. 257 A leafy grove Discoloured, then divested . View more context for this quotation 1848 C. Dickens Haunted Man ii. 67 Divesting herself of her out-of-door attire. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 327 Having divested himself of the dust with which he was covered. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 32 Some of the Gothic windows had been divested of their tracery. 2. a. figurative. To strip (a person or thing) of possessions, rights, or attributes; to denude, dispossess, deprive; less usually in good sense, to free, rid. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > dispossess disseisec1320 disincreasec1374 disheritc1400 disappoint1434 unpossessc1449 forbanishc1450 dispoint1483 disemparec1500 usurp1512 defeat?1545 depose1558 devest1563 dispossess1565 disappropriate1610 disadvest1611 expropriate1611 dispropriate1613 dispropertya1616 disinvest1619 divest1648 unrobe1650 defarm1693 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham xxix The royall babes deuested from theyr trone.] 1648 Hunting of Fox 36 A prevailing Faction..hath divested him of all his Rights. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xviii. 117 The Aspects are not wholly devested of Influence when under the Horizon.] 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 136 [Monkeys] are frequently tamed..but they can never be divested of a mischievous disposition. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 204 Divesting him of the government. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 105 He divests them of their antithetical character. b. reflexive. to divest oneself of: to strip or dispossess oneself of; to put off, throw off, lay aside, abandon, rid oneself of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (reflexive)] to divest oneself ofa1616 to devest oneself of1633 a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. i. 49 Now we will diuest vs both of Rule, Interest of Territory, Cares of State. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. v. 70 He agreed to divest himself of this undoubted flower of his crown. 1823 J. Keble Serm. (1848) iii. 66 Divesting ourselves, for a moment, of all impressions received from other kinds of evidence. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 300 We have a moral nature from which we cannot divest ourselves. 3. To put off (clothes, or anything worn or represented as worn); to lay aside, abandon. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 1566 T. Drant in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall To Rdr. sig. aii^v Fewe or none doo attempt to deuest or plucke of her vaile of hypocrisie.] 1639 G. Daniel Vervicensis 708 I endeavour To put of Man, and ffrailtie to divest. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. §4 ⁋10. Knowing how hardly we can divest our voluptuousness and ambition. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus i. 30 I will devest all fear. 4. Law. To take away (property, etc., vested in any one); to alienate, convey away; = devest v. 5. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)] assign1297 bequeathc1305 alienc1400 analy1405 releasea1425 alienate?a1475 to make over1478 convey1495 transport1523 to put over1542 dispone?1548 design1573 pass1587 to set over1594 transfer1598 abalienate1646 attorn1649 demise1670 enure1736 to will away1773 divest1790 society > law > legal right > withdrawal or loss of legal rights > take away a right [verb (transitive)] devest1538 renversec1586 disprivilege1622 divest1790 frustrate1831 1538 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) ii. vii.f. 33^v They canne nat deueste that thynge in fee, whiche hath ben vested in their house.] 1790 C. Durnford & E. H. East Law Rep. 3 467 The assignee's putting his mark on them could not divest the consignor's right. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. xxxv. xiii. §5 No estate or interest can be barred by a fine, unless it is divested out of the real owner, either before the fine is levied, or by the operation of the fine itself. 1866 D. Maclachlan Arnould's Law Marine Insurance (ed. 3) I. i. iii. 104 A mere pledge of the property, as a collateral security, does not devest all his insurable interest out of the property originally insured.] 1874 Stephen's New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 7) II. ii. ii. vi. 145 The property of a bankrupt is..made liable to be divested from him and distributed. 5. transitive. Originally U.S. To sell off (a subsidiary company or business interest); to dispose of, cease to hold (an investment or business interest, in later use esp. one judged not to meet required ethical standards or criteria relating to environmental sustainability). Also intransitive.ⓘ [Probably influenced by association with invest v. and disinvest v. Compare divestment n. 2.] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > other money-dealing operations to part stakes (also shares)1553 marshal1771 float1872 squeeze1885 hedge1909 block1932 to lock in1950 divest1962 reintermediate1971 launder1973 wash1973 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > other types of money dealing to bargain and sell1768 hedge1909 to break even1914 to wash its face1946 disinvest1961 reintermediate1979 pitch1980 divest1984 1962 Atlantic Reporter 175 37/1 He might have, if not repulsed, divested American Screw from Noma. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 30 July 3/5 A 1966 decree requiring Von's Grocery Stores to divest a certain number of required stores..resulted in divestment of its forty least profitable outlets. 1978 Washington Post 28 Feb. d8 More than 400 students and faculty..have asked the school's board of trustees to divest $20 million in stock in 22 American corporations. 1982 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 23/2 Colgate has been..divesting some of the activities not in its main business. 1984 Times 3 May 25/2 Mr Saul Steinberg's US-based Reliance group of companies has also decided to divest. 2021 Financial Times 20 Mar. 6 Even Bill Gates, previously a divestment sceptic, has now pledged to divest his holdings in oil and gas companies. 6. To vest, invest. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > devote oneself to or take time for > devote (a faculty, time, etc.) to spenda1300 givec1340 applyc1425 bend?1510 consecrate1555 divest1638 invest1837 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 343 When Apollo divests himselfe in his most ardent splendour. a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 333 That authority which was divested by God in His Majesty's person. Derivatives diˈvesting n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing disseising1475 amotionc1503 dispossession1576 disseisure1579 disseisin1586 dispossessment1599 divestiture1601 devestment1647 devesture1648 divesting1712 divestment1756 disinvestiture1846 expropriation1848 1712 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 80 This would be a Divesting of themselves. diˈvested adj. (The latter is found loosely used for: Devoid of.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something nakedeOE toomOE windia1225 skerec1250 freea1325 expertc1374 unbeseen1390 vacanta1400 devoidc1400 indigent1490 waste1513 clear1569 divesta1679 viduate1692 innocent1706 divested1742 sincerea1754 virgin1889 1742 Mem. Lady H. Butler II. 184 I..was entirely divested of the vanity of wishing to shine in borrowed ornaments. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 308 (note) By no means divested of a literary talent at retort. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1679v.a1616
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† divestadj.

divestv.

Derivatives