Devest
Devest , transitive verb
[Latin devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: compare Old French devestir, French dévêtir. Compare Divest.]
1.
To divest; to undress. — Shakespeare
2.
To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense.
Devest , intransitive verb
(Law) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.