DEVEST, verb transitive [Latin , a vest, a garment. Generally written divest.]

1. To strip; to deprive of clothing or arms; to take off.

2. To deprive; to take away; as, to devest a man or nation of rights. [See Divest.]

3. To free from; to disengage.

4. In law, to alienate, as title or right.

DEVEST, verb intransitive In law, to be lost or alienated, as a title or an estate.

[This word is generally written divest, except in the latter and legal sense.]