Divest U.* Divest To deprive or take away. Divest is usually used in reference to the relinquishment of authority, power, property, or title. If, for example, an individual is disinherited, he or she is divested of the right to inherit money. U. After juniors at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. waged an online divestment divestment to strip one's investment from an entity. campaign and seniors refused to contribute to the senior class gift, the administration finally sold its stock in PetroChina, a company with a history of selling arms and forced labor to Sudan. Harvard owned 67,200 shares of PetroChina stock, valued at $4.4 million. |
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