devest

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To divest; to undress.
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.

Synoniemen

deprive

deprival

Etymologie (Engels)

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