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de⋅vest

  [di-vest]
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–verb (used with object)
1. Law. to divest.
2. Obsolete. to remove the clothes from; undress.
Origin:
1555–65; < MF desvester, OF desvestir, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + vestir to clothe < L vestīre; see divest
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de·vest   (dĭ-věst')   
tr.v.   de·vest·ed, de·vest·ing, de·vests

  1. Law To take away (a right or possession, for example).

  2. Archaic

    1. To remove the clothing or covering of.

    2. 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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Main Entry: de·vest
Pronunciation: di-'vest
Function: transitive verb
: DIVEST
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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