divest

verb

/daɪˈvest/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they divest	/daɪˈvest/ /daɪˈvest/
he / she / it divests	/daɪˈvests/ /daɪˈvests/
past simple divested	/daɪˈvestɪd/ /daɪˈvestɪd/
past participle divested	/daɪˈvestɪd/ /daɪˈvestɪd/
-ing form divesting	/daɪˈvestɪŋ/ /daɪˈvestɪŋ/

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divest somebody/yourself of something to remove clothes使（某人）脱去（衣服）
- He divested himself of his jacket.他脱去了短上衣。
divest yourself of something to get rid of something处理掉；丢弃
- The company is divesting itself of some of its assets.公司正在处理掉它的部分资产。
divest somebody/something of something to take something away from somebody/something使解除；使摆脱
- After her illness she was divested of much of her responsibility.她生病后便给解除了许多责任。

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

BNC: 18521 COCA: 18517

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