Third-person singular present tense of divest; removes investment or involvement from something.
From 'divest' conjugated in the third-person singular present tense, derived from Old French 'devester' and Latin 'devestire.'
The simple verb 'divests' appears constantly in financial news—'The company divests from plastics'—showing how thoroughly this old cloth-removal word has transformed into a symbol of modern corporate responsibility.
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