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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 de·vest /dɪˈvɛst/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·vest v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devested; p. pr. & vb. n. Devesting.]
 1. To divest; to undress.
 2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
 Note:This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·vest, v. i. Law To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.