- 1divest yourself of something to get rid of something The company is divesting itself of some of its assets.
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- 2divest somebody/something of something to take something away from someone or something After her illness she was divested of much of her responsibility.
- 3divest somebody/yourself of something to remove clothes He divested himself of his jacket.
divest
verbNAmE//dəˈvɛst//, NAmE//daɪˈvɛst//
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they divest he / she / it divests
past simple divested
-ing form divesting
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