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de·vest    Audio Help   (dĭ-věst')  Pronunciation Key  tr.v.   de·vest·ed, de·vest·ing, de·vests Law To take away (a right or possession, for example). Archaic To remove the clothing or covering of. To deprive of a title, right, or item of property. [Obsolete French desvestir, to undress, from Medieval Latin disvestīre : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin vestis, garment; see wes-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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