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How to use divest in a sentence. Did you know? to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title; to undress or strip especially of clothing, ornament, or equipment…
DIVEST definition: 1. to sell something, especially a business or a part of a business: 2. to sell something…. Learn more.
Divest definition: to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.. See examples of DIVEST used in a sentence.
3 meanings: 1. to strip (of clothes) 2. to deprive or dispossess 3. property law to take away an estate or interest in property.... Click for more definitions.
It could be your wine portfolio, your stake in a mining company, or even the extra coats that are taking up space in your closet. Whatever it is, when you divest something, you get rid of it.
Divest definition: To strip, as of clothes. Origin of Divest Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des-(“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).
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Definition of divest verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
