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verb-transitive:
- Law To eliminate (the right or ownership, including).
- Archaic to get rid of the clothing or covering of.
- Archaic To rob of a title, correct, or item of residential property.
- To divest; to undress.
- To eliminate, as an authority, subject, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
- Law To take away (a right or ownership, for instance).
- Archaic to get rid of the clothes or addressing of.
- Archaic To rob of a title, right, or product of home.
- To divest; to undress.
- To remove, as an authority, subject, etc., to rob; to alienate, as an estate.
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verb:
- you need to take away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
- To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
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verb-intransitive:
- To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
- you need to take away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
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others:
- To remove vesture from; strip.
- To divest; strip; no-cost.
- in-law, to alienate; annul, as title or right; deprive of title.
- in-law, to be lost or alienated, as a title or an estate.
- to eliminate vesture from; strip.
- To divest; strip; no-cost.
- in-law, to alienate; annul, as subject or right; deprive of name.
- In law, become lost or alienated, as a title or an estate.
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Definition for "devest"
- Law To eliminate (the right or ownership, including).
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