Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DEVEST
v.t.[L., a vest, a garment. Generally written divest. ] 1. To strip; to deprive of clothing or arms; to take off.
2. To deprive; to take away; as, to devest a man or nation of rights. [See Divest. ]
3. To free from; to disengage.
4. In law, to alienate, as title or right.
DEVEST
v.i.In law, to be lost or alienated, as a title or an estate. [This word is generally written divest, except in the latter and legal sense. ]
DEVESTED
pp. Stripped of clothes; deprived; freed from; alienated or lost, as title.
DEVESTING
ppr. Stripping of clothes; depriving; freeing from; alienating.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DEVEST
De *vest ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devested; p. pr. & vb. n. Devesting. ]Etym: [L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. dévêtir. Cf. Divest. ]
1. To divest; to undress. Shak.
2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc. , to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
Note: This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense.
DEVEST
DEVEST De *vest ", v. i. (Law )
Defn: To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Duden Dictionary
devestieren
de ves tie ren schwaches Verb |devest ie ren |lateinisch ; »entkleiden «die Priesterwürde oder (im Mittelalter ) das Lehen entziehen
Devestition
De ves ti ti on Substantiv, feminin Wirtschaft , die |Devestiti o n |die Devestition; Genitiv: der Devestition, Plural: die Devestitionen Desinvestition
Devestitur
De ves ti tur Substantiv, feminin , die |Devestit u r |die Devestitur; Genitiv: der Devestitur, Plural: die Devestituren lateinisch-neulateinisch Entziehung der Priesterwürde oder (im Mittelalter ) des Lehens
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