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devesting

devesting is the present participle and gerund of devest.

Meaning of devest

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.

Questions about devesting

What is devesting the present participle and gerund of?
Devesting is the present participle and gerund of devest.

Words near devesting in the dictionary

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

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