devest
[ dih-vest ]
verb (used with object)
Law. to divest.
Obsolete. to remove the clothes from; undress.
Origin of devest
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How to use devest in a sentence
What a mischievous alteration in spelling is divest instead of devest.
English Past and Present | Richard Chevenix Trench
British Dictionary definitions for devest
devest
/ (dɪˈvɛst) /
verb
(tr) a rare variant spelling of divest
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