devest
Meanings
verb
- To divest; to undress.
- To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
- To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).
Derived words
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