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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Devest \De*vest"\, v. i. (Law)
   To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an
   estate.

Devest \De*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devested}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Devesting}.] [L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to
   dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. d['e]v[^e]tir. Cf. {Divest}.]
   1. To divest; to undress. --Shak.

   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.