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Webster 1913 Edition

Devest

De-vest′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Devested
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Devesting
.]
[L.
devestire
to undress;
de
+
vestire
to dress: cf. OF.
devestir
, F.
dévêtir
. Cf.
Divest
.]
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.
[L., a vest, a garment. Generally written divest.]
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.
In law, to be lost or alienated, as a title or an estate.
[This word is generally written divest, except in the latter and legal sense.]

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