devest

Meaning

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.

Origin

From Middle French devester, from Old French desvestir, from des- + vestir

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