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devests

devests is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 devests

What is devests the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Devests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of devest.

Words near devests in the dictionary

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

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