devest verb trans. [dɪ'vɛst] arch. M16.[Old French de(s)vester, devestir, from des- DIS- 1 + Latin vestire clothe, from vestis garment.]1. =
DIVEST 1, 2.
M16-E19.2. Law. =
DIVEST 3.
L16.b. Dispossess (a person) of some right, authority, etc., with which he or she has been invested.
M17-E19. ■ devesture noun (
rare) the action of devesting
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