Definition of divest in English:

divest

verb dɪˈvɛstdʌɪˈvɛst

[with object]divest someone/something of

1Deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions)
men are unlikely to be divested of power without a struggle
Example sentencesExamples
- And in ‘The Ascension of Sheep,’ the possibility is raised of the sheep divesting the farmer of his profit.
- It divests him of a capacity for grandeur we want our leaders to possess.
- Paese also said it didn't make sense to divest holdings of stocks because of a company's activities.
- Six soldiers moved among the ranks of her scouts, divesting them of any visible weapons.
- Guess my brilliant incisive lawyer didn't know what would happen to me when she divested me of my material wealth.
- The grant of a licence to occupy, however, will not divest the owner of control.
- And Americans are divested of yet another of their hard-won personal liberties.
- She was divested of her gold medal minutes after winning the 800 m in the Seoul Asiad for crossing the lane.
- But we can't give government the unilateral right to divest us of all our rights.
- It will, of course, take more than the odd late-season slump to divest Arsenal of their undoubted glamour.
Synonyms
deprive, strip, dispossess, relieve
rob, cheat out of, trick out of, do out of
informal diddle out of
literary despoil
archaic reave
1. 1.1 Deprive something of (a particular quality)
  he has divested the original play of its charm
  Example sentencesExamples
  It divests you of any sentimentality you might have for home since home was never very accommodating in the first place.
  The slave status divested the kullars of any personality outside the service of the master.
  Forms of Christianity that essentially divest the faith of its classical, historical identity do not fare well.
  The pain makes his head throb and divests his brain of any sort of thinking power.
  It will be there waiting for a chance to attack and divest you of your inner purification.
  He fears the Goshree bridges would divest the islands of their charm of being aloof and convert them into a thoroughfare.
  Pleasantly in-the-face, the play divests mythological heroes of their aura and presents them in a lacklustre light.
  This did not mean that they were divested of all religious significance.
  Undeserved appellations and humiliating epithets divest him of his self-esteem.
  An hour or two, and we will be divested of light again, going under a quilt of tulle fog and the cold dense black of yet another long winter's night.
2. 1.2 Rid oneself of (a business interest or investment)
  the government's policy of divesting itself of state holdings
  Example sentencesExamples
  He informed the committee that he had divested himself of all outside interests.
  During the Nineties healthcare firms were keen to divest themselves of their interests in vaccines.
  A second was to order the IOUs to divest themselves of most of their thermal generating assets.
  He established the tabloid Daily Mirror in 1941, but divested himself of all his newspaper interests in 1958.
  Every day is spent divesting myself of yet more assets to cover the interest on debt repayment.
  The group was, in any case, seeking to divest itself of operations which are not its core business.
  And while the Fujian government has divested itself of its stake in Lianhe the relationship remains close.
  Recently, the company has been divesting itself of those businesses to concentrate on its core TV technologies.
  In 1998 the Peoples Liberation Army was ordered to divest itself of its considerable and highly regionalised business activities.
  It was time to retire, so he began to divest himself of his businesses.
3. 1.3dated, humorous Relieve someone of (a garment)
  she divested him of his coat
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then, with a faint blush colouring his cheeks, he divested her of her stained jeans.
  Croft got up and went out into the hall where Jeffries divested him of his lounging jacket and helped him into a black frock coat.
  She directed her gaze heavenward then proceeded to divest him of his coat.
  She sat them at a table and then neatly divested them of their cloaks.
  Grabbing and groping commenced as the women began divesting the hapless men of their cumbersome armor and battle dress.
  Synonyms
  strip, relieve, denude
  remove, take off, pull off, peel off, shed
  unclothe, undress, disrobe
  dated doff

Origin

Early 17th century: alteration of devest, from Old French desvestir, from des- (expressing removal) + Latin vestire (from vestis 'garment').

Rhymes

abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest

Definition of divest in US English:

divest

verb

[with object]

1Deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions.
men are unlikely to be divested of power without a struggle
Example sentencesExamples
- Six soldiers moved among the ranks of her scouts, divesting them of any visible weapons.
- She was divested of her gold medal minutes after winning the 800 m in the Seoul Asiad for crossing the lane.
- But we can't give government the unilateral right to divest us of all our rights.
- And Americans are divested of yet another of their hard-won personal liberties.
- Guess my brilliant incisive lawyer didn't know what would happen to me when she divested me of my material wealth.
- The grant of a licence to occupy, however, will not divest the owner of control.
- It will, of course, take more than the odd late-season slump to divest Arsenal of their undoubted glamour.
- Paese also said it didn't make sense to divest holdings of stocks because of a company's activities.
- It divests him of a capacity for grandeur we want our leaders to possess.
- And in ‘The Ascension of Sheep,’ the possibility is raised of the sheep divesting the farmer of his profit.
Synonyms
deprive, strip, dispossess, relieve
1. 1.1 Deprive (something) of a particular quality.
  he has divested the original play of its charm
  Example sentencesExamples
  The slave status divested the kullars of any personality outside the service of the master.
  Undeserved appellations and humiliating epithets divest him of his self-esteem.
  The pain makes his head throb and divests his brain of any sort of thinking power.
  It will be there waiting for a chance to attack and divest you of your inner purification.
  This did not mean that they were divested of all religious significance.
  Pleasantly in-the-face, the play divests mythological heroes of their aura and presents them in a lacklustre light.
  He fears the Goshree bridges would divest the islands of their charm of being aloof and convert them into a thoroughfare.
  An hour or two, and we will be divested of light again, going under a quilt of tulle fog and the cold dense black of yet another long winter's night.
  It divests you of any sentimentality you might have for home since home was never very accommodating in the first place.
  Forms of Christianity that essentially divest the faith of its classical, historical identity do not fare well.
2. 1.2no object Rid oneself of something that one no longer wants or requires, such as a business interest or investment.
  the government's policy of divesting itself of state holdings
  it appears easier to carry on in the business than to divest
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was time to retire, so he began to divest himself of his businesses.
  Recently, the company has been divesting itself of those businesses to concentrate on its core TV technologies.
  During the Nineties healthcare firms were keen to divest themselves of their interests in vaccines.
  A second was to order the IOUs to divest themselves of most of their thermal generating assets.
  And while the Fujian government has divested itself of its stake in Lianhe the relationship remains close.
  Every day is spent divesting myself of yet more assets to cover the interest on debt repayment.
  The group was, in any case, seeking to divest itself of operations which are not its core business.
  He informed the committee that he had divested himself of all outside interests.
  In 1998 the Peoples Liberation Army was ordered to divest itself of its considerable and highly regionalised business activities.
  He established the tabloid Daily Mirror in 1941, but divested himself of all his newspaper interests in 1958.
3. 1.3dated, humorous Relieve (someone) of something being worn or carried.
  she divested him of his coat
  Example sentencesExamples
  She directed her gaze heavenward then proceeded to divest him of his coat.
  Grabbing and groping commenced as the women began divesting the hapless men of their cumbersome armor and battle dress.
  Then, with a faint blush colouring his cheeks, he divested her of her stained jeans.
  Croft got up and went out into the hall where Jeffries divested him of his lounging jacket and helped him into a black frock coat.
  She sat them at a table and then neatly divested them of their cloaks.
  Synonyms
  strip, relieve, denude

Origin

Early 17th century: alteration of devest, from Old French desvestir, from des- (expressing removal) + Latin vestire (from vestis ‘garment’).

单词	divest
释义	Definition of divest in English: divest verb dɪˈvɛstdʌɪˈvɛst [with object]divest someone/something of 1Deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions) men are unlikely to be divested of power without a struggle Example sentencesExamples And in ‘The Ascension of Sheep,’ the possibility is raised of the sheep divesting the farmer of his profit. It divests him of a capacity for grandeur we want our leaders to possess. Paese also said it didn't make sense to divest holdings of stocks because of a company's activities. Six soldiers moved among the ranks of her scouts, divesting them of any visible weapons. Guess my brilliant incisive lawyer didn't know what would happen to me when she divested me of my material wealth. The grant of a licence to occupy, however, will not divest the owner of control. And Americans are divested of yet another of their hard-won personal liberties. She was divested of her gold medal minutes after winning the 800 m in the Seoul Asiad for crossing the lane. But we can't give government the unilateral right to divest us of all our rights. It will, of course, take more than the odd late-season slump to divest Arsenal of their undoubted glamour. Synonyms deprive, strip, dispossess, relieve rob, cheat out of, trick out of, do out of informal diddle out of literary despoil archaic reave 1.1 Deprive something of (a particular quality) he has divested the original play of its charm Example sentencesExamples It divests you of any sentimentality you might have for home since home was never very accommodating in the first place. The slave status divested the kullars of any personality outside the service of the master. Forms of Christianity that essentially divest the faith of its classical, historical identity do not fare well. The pain makes his head throb and divests his brain of any sort of thinking power. It will be there waiting for a chance to attack and divest you of your inner purification. He fears the Goshree bridges would divest the islands of their charm of being aloof and convert them into a thoroughfare. Pleasantly in-the-face, the play divests mythological heroes of their aura and presents them in a lacklustre light. This did not mean that they were divested of all religious significance. Undeserved appellations and humiliating epithets divest him of his self-esteem. An hour or two, and we will be divested of light again, going under a quilt of tulle fog and the cold dense black of yet another long winter's night. 1.2 Rid oneself of (a business interest or investment) the government's policy of divesting itself of state holdings Example sentencesExamples He informed the committee that he had divested himself of all outside interests. During the Nineties healthcare firms were keen to divest themselves of their interests in vaccines. A second was to order the IOUs to divest themselves of most of their thermal generating assets. He established the tabloid Daily Mirror in 1941, but divested himself of all his newspaper interests in 1958. Every day is spent divesting myself of yet more assets to cover the interest on debt repayment. The group was, in any case, seeking to divest itself of operations which are not its core business. And while the Fujian government has divested itself of its stake in Lianhe the relationship remains close. Recently, the company has been divesting itself of those businesses to concentrate on its core TV technologies. In 1998 the Peoples Liberation Army was ordered to divest itself of its considerable and highly regionalised business activities. It was time to retire, so he began to divest himself of his businesses. 1.3dated, humorous Relieve someone of (a garment) she divested him of his coat Example sentencesExamples Then, with a faint blush colouring his cheeks, he divested her of her stained jeans. Croft got up and went out into the hall where Jeffries divested him of his lounging jacket and helped him into a black frock coat. She directed her gaze heavenward then proceeded to divest him of his coat. She sat them at a table and then neatly divested them of their cloaks. Grabbing and groping commenced as the women began divesting the hapless men of their cumbersome armor and battle dress. Synonyms strip, relieve, denude remove, take off, pull off, peel off, shed unclothe, undress, disrobe dated doff Origin Early 17th century: alteration of devest, from Old French desvestir, from des- (expressing removal) + Latin vestire (from vestis 'garment'). Rhymes abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest Definition of divest in US English: divest verb [with object] 1Deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions. men are unlikely to be divested of power without a struggle Example sentencesExamples Six soldiers moved among the ranks of her scouts, divesting them of any visible weapons. She was divested of her gold medal minutes after winning the 800 m in the Seoul Asiad for crossing the lane. But we can't give government the unilateral right to divest us of all our rights. And Americans are divested of yet another of their hard-won personal liberties. Guess my brilliant incisive lawyer didn't know what would happen to me when she divested me of my material wealth. The grant of a licence to occupy, however, will not divest the owner of control. It will, of course, take more than the odd late-season slump to divest Arsenal of their undoubted glamour. Paese also said it didn't make sense to divest holdings of stocks because of a company's activities. It divests him of a capacity for grandeur we want our leaders to possess. And in ‘The Ascension of Sheep,’ the possibility is raised of the sheep divesting the farmer of his profit. Synonyms deprive, strip, dispossess, relieve 1.1 Deprive (something) of a particular quality. he has divested the original play of its charm Example sentencesExamples The slave status divested the kullars of any personality outside the service of the master. Undeserved appellations and humiliating epithets divest him of his self-esteem. The pain makes his head throb and divests his brain of any sort of thinking power. It will be there waiting for a chance to attack and divest you of your inner purification. This did not mean that they were divested of all religious significance. Pleasantly in-the-face, the play divests mythological heroes of their aura and presents them in a lacklustre light. He fears the Goshree bridges would divest the islands of their charm of being aloof and convert them into a thoroughfare. An hour or two, and we will be divested of light again, going under a quilt of tulle fog and the cold dense black of yet another long winter's night. It divests you of any sentimentality you might have for home since home was never very accommodating in the first place. Forms of Christianity that essentially divest the faith of its classical, historical identity do not fare well. 1.2no object Rid oneself of something that one no longer wants or requires, such as a business interest or investment. the government's policy of divesting itself of state holdings it appears easier to carry on in the business than to divest Example sentencesExamples It was time to retire, so he began to divest himself of his businesses. Recently, the company has been divesting itself of those businesses to concentrate on its core TV technologies. During the Nineties healthcare firms were keen to divest themselves of their interests in vaccines. A second was to order the IOUs to divest themselves of most of their thermal generating assets. And while the Fujian government has divested itself of its stake in Lianhe the relationship remains close. Every day is spent divesting myself of yet more assets to cover the interest on debt repayment. The group was, in any case, seeking to divest itself of operations which are not its core business. He informed the committee that he had divested himself of all outside interests. In 1998 the Peoples Liberation Army was ordered to divest itself of its considerable and highly regionalised business activities. He established the tabloid Daily Mirror in 1941, but divested himself of all his newspaper interests in 1958. 1.3dated, humorous Relieve (someone) of something being worn or carried. she divested him of his coat Example sentencesExamples She directed her gaze heavenward then proceeded to divest him of his coat. Grabbing and groping commenced as the women began divesting the hapless men of their cumbersome armor and battle dress. Then, with a faint blush colouring his cheeks, he divested her of her stained jeans. Croft got up and went out into the hall where Jeffries divested him of his lounging jacket and helped him into a black frock coat. She sat them at a table and then neatly divested them of their cloaks. Synonyms strip, relieve, denude Origin Early 17th century: alteration of devest, from Old French desvestir, from des- (expressing removal) + Latin vestire (from vestis ‘garment’).
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