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Webster 1913 Edition
Devest
De-vest′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Devested
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Devesting
.] 1.
To divest; to undress.
Shak.
2.
To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
☞ This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense.
De-vest′
,Verb.
I.
(Law)
To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Devest
DEVEST
,Verb.
T.
1.
To strip; to deprive of clothing or arms; to take off.2.
To deprive; to take away; as, to devest a man or nation of rights. [See Divest.]3.
To free from; to disengage.4.
In law, to alienate, as title or right.DEVEST
,Verb.
I.
[This word is generally written divest, except in the latter and legal sense.]
Definition 2024
devest
devest
English
Verb
devest (third-person singular simple present devests, present participle devesting, simple past and past participle devested)
- To divest; to undress.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (law, transitive) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
- (law, intransitive) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.