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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIVESTITURE, DIVESTURE

n.The act of stripping, putting off, or depriving.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIVESTITURE

DIVESTITURE Di *vest "i *ture, n.

 

Defn: The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

divestiture

di vest i ture |diˈvestiˌCHər, -ˌCHo͝or, dī -daɪˈvɛstəˌtʃ (ʊ )ər |(also divesture |-ˈvesCHər, -CHo͝or |) ▶noun the action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or investments: the divestiture of state-owned assets. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin divestit- ‘divested ’ (from the verb divestire ) + -ure .

 

Oxford Dictionary

divestiture

divestiture |dʌɪˈvɛstɪtʃə, dɪ - |(also divesture ) ▶noun another term for divestment. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin divestit- ‘divested ’ (from the verb divestire ) + -ure .