"devest" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: devests [present, singular, third-person], devesting [participle, present], devested [participle, past], devested [past]
Etymology: From Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|devester||strip of possessions}} Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), {{uder|en|fro|desvestir}} Old French desvestir Head templates: {{en-verb}} devest (third-person singular simple present devests, present participle devesting, simple past and past participle devested)
  1. To divest; to undress.
    Sense id: en-devest-en-verb-2hPfnCUS
  2. (law, transitive) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-devest-en-verb-7t1x7Fha Topics: law
  3. (law, intransitive) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-devest-en-verb-yCeF~o7x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 84 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 25 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 16 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 10 86 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: divest

Numeral [Serbo-Croatian]

Forms: девест [Cyrillic]
Head templates: {{sh-numeral}} devest (Cyrillic spelling девест)
  1. (colloquial) ninety Tags: colloquial Synonyms: devedeset
    Sense id: en-devest-sh-num-Uhx0pNWC Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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