From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2010]
*** Etymology
[en] Alteration of [en], from [en], from [en], from [fro] + [fro].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To strip , deprive , or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right , passion , privilege , or prejudice ).
2. [en] To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary .
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2011 | author=Alfred Schipke | title=Why Do Governments Divest?: The Macroeconomics of Privatization | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | isbn=9783642566820 | page=6
|passage=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 [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2018 | author=Ravi Kanbur; Henry Shue | title=Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy | publisher=Oxford University Press, USA | isbn=9780198813248 | page=146
|passage=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 [...]}}
1. [en] To undress .
2. * [en]
**** Usage notes
In sense "sell off", stronger than related [en], which instead means "reduce
or cease _new_ investment".
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en] (a common misspelling)
**** Translations
[to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something]
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- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] (se)
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Friulian: [fur]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sicilian: [scn]
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[trans-bottom]
[to sell off]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[undress]
*** Anagrams
- [en]