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devest

devest verb: to divest; to undress.

Verb

devest (third-person singular simple present devests, present participle devesting, simple past and past participle devested)

  1. To divest; to undress.
    • Devesting them for bedc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (transitive) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
  3. (intransitive) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

Forms of devest

third-person singular presentdevests
present participledevesting
past participledevested
pastdevested

Origin of devest

From Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).

Words formed from devest

Questions about devest

What does devest mean?
Devest means to divest; to undress.
What part of speech is devest?
Devest is a verb.
What is the past tense of devest?
The past tense of devest is devested.

Words near devest in the dictionary

  1. devescovinids
  2. Devesel
  3. Devesh
  4. Deveson
  5. Devesons
  6. devest
  7. devested
  8. devesting
  9. devests
  10. Devetski
  11. devex

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