devest
To divest; to undress.
Verb
- 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: […]...
- To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
- 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”).