Devest Definition

dĭ-vĕst
devests
verb
To undress; strip.
Webster's New World
To take away (a right, property, etc.)
Webster's New World
To remove the clothing or covering of.
American Heritage
To deprive of a title, right, or item of property.
American Heritage
To strip of a title, etc.
Webster's New World

Origin of Devest

  • Obsolete French desvestir to undress from Medieval Latin disvestīre Latin dis- dis- Latin vestis garment wes-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”)

    From Wiktionary

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