Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to divest
Participle: divested
Gerund: divesting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | divest |
| you | divest |
| he;she;it | divests |
| we | divest |
| you | divest |
| they | divest |
Perfect
| I | have divested |
| you | have divested |
| he;she;it | has divested |
| we | have divested |
| you | have divested |
| they | have divested |
Past
| I | divested |
| you | divested |
| he;she;it | divested |
| we | divested |
| you | divested |
| they | divested |
Pluperfect
| I | had divested |
| you | had divested |
| he;she;it | had divested |
| we | had divested |
| you | had divested |
| they | had divested |
Future
| I | will divest |
| you | will divest |
| he;she;it | will divest |
| we | will divest |
| you | will divest |
| they | will divest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have divested |
| you | will have divested |
| he;she;it | will have divested |
| we | will have divested |
| you | will have divested |
| they | will have divested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | divest |
| you | divest |
| he;she;it | divest |
| we | divest |
| you | divest |
| they | divest |
Perfect
| I | have divested |
| you | have divested |
| he;she;it | have divested |
| we | have divested |
| you | have divested |
| they | have divested |
Imperfect
| I | divested |
| you | divested |
| he;she;it | divested |
| we | divested |
| you | divested |
| they | divested |
Pluperfect
| I | had divested |
| you | had divested |
| he;she;it | had divested |
| we | had divested |
| you | had divested |
| they | had divested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would divest |
| you | would divest |
| he;she;it | would divest |
| we | would divest |
| you | would divest |
| they | would divest |
Perfect
| I | would have divested |
| you | would have divested |
| he;she;it | would have divested |
| we | would have divested |
| you | would have divested |
| they | would have divested |
Imperative
| you | divest |
| we | Let's divest |
| you | divest |
Verbs conjugated like 'divest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'divest'
devest,
digest,
divert,
civet,
deinvest,
detest,
devast,
diet,
direct,
disgest,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- transitive: to undress
- dismantle, unrobe
- to remove one's clothing
- denude, despoil, dismantle, disrobe, doff, peel, put off, strip, strip down, strip off, undress, unclothe
- undress
- denude, uncover, disrobe, strip, unclothe
- deprive
- dispossess, strip
Antonyms
- deprive
- endow, give, enrich, invest
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1563, from M.Fr.
devester "strip of possessions," from O.Fr.
desvestir, from
des- "away" +
vestir "to clothe." The fig. sense of "strip of possessions" is earliest in Eng.; reflexive sense of "to strip oneself of" is from 1605. Economic sense (implied in
divestment) is from 1955.
2. Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”). See: Old French '
desvestir'.
Verbs referencing "divest"
Finnish with old forms
divestoida.
Sample Sentences
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You shall never divest me of my right to free speech.
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When I wake up, I make a point to divest myself of all my prejudices, ready to start the day.
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The report divested the organization of its mystique.
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In 2011, the company divested an 81% majority stake in its foreign subsidiary.
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Glasgow will become the first university in Europe to divest from fossil fuels.
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It is argued that from a fiscal point of view, governments should divest only if this leads to an improvement in the intertemporal budget constraint. However, it is shown that policymakers are instead inclined to divest public assets as a means of […] [2011, Alfred Schipke, Why Do Governments Divest?: The Macroeconomics of Privatization, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 6:]
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Building from this argument, we can now turn to arguing the moral case why individuals should divest from fossil fuels. We can flesh out what is wrong with continuing investments in the fossil fuel industry in terms of the role that an agent […] [2018, Ravi Kanbur, Henry Shue, Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 146:]
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Having divested the child he kissed her gently and gave her a little pat to make her stand off. [1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:]