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devest definition

de·vest (dē vest′, di-)

transitive verb

  1. Obsolete to undress; strip
  2. Law
    1. to take away (a right, property, etc.)
    2. Archaic to strip of a title, etc.

Etymology: OFr devester < L devestire, to undress < dis-, from + vestire, to dress < vestis, a dress: see vest

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