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Definition of: devest
(di·vest′) v.t.
1. Law To take away, as a title or estate.
2. Obs. To remove vesture from; divest; strip. [<OF devester, desvestir <de- from (<L dis-) + vestir clothe <L vestire <vestis a garment]
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