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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Devest

· De·vest · IPA
01 v. t. To divest; to undress.
imp. & p. p. Devested; p. pr. & vb. n. Devesting
  1. 1.
    To divest; to undress.
  2. 2.
    To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
02 v. i. To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
  1. 1.
    To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.(Law)