devest

To divest; to undress.

Verb

  1. To divest; to undress.
    • Devesting them for bed - c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
  2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
  3. To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

Origin

From Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).

Forms

devests devesting devested

Derived

divest