devesturen.

Etymology: < Old French des-, devesture, -eure (14th cent. in Godefroy) < Romance type *desvestitūra , < desvestire : see devest v. and -ure suffix¹; compare divesture n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈvesture.

rare.

The action of devesting: putting off (as clothes); dispossession (of property).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing

disseising1475

amotionc1503

dispossession1576

disseisure1579

disseisin1586

dispossessment1599

divestiture1601

devestment1647

devesture1648

divesting1712

divestment1756

disinvestiture1846

expropriation1848

1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. xiv. §3 (R.) The very disadvantage we have..in the devesture of self-respects.

1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 28 When their devesture of Mortality dispenses them from those..duties.

1798 H. T. Colebrooke tr. J. Tarkapañcānana Digest Hindu Law III. v. ii. 135 Devesture of property happens three ways; by degradation, by abdication or renunciation, and by natural death.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	devesture
释义	devesturen. Etymology: < Old French des-, devesture, -eure (14th cent. in Godefroy) < Romance type desvestitūra , < desvestire* : see devest v. and -ure suffix¹; compare divesture n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈvesture. rare. The action of devesting: putting off (as clothes); dispossession (of property). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing disseising1475 amotionc1503 dispossession1576 disseisure1579 disseisin1586 dispossessment1599 divestiture1601 devestment1647 devesture1648 divesting1712 divestment1756 disinvestiture1846 expropriation1848 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. xiv. §3 (R.) The very disadvantage we have..in the devesture of self-respects. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 28 When their devesture of Mortality dispenses them from those..duties. 1798 H. T. Colebrooke tr. J. Tarkapañcānana Digest Hindu Law III. v. ii. 135 Devesture of property happens three ways; by degradation, by abdication or renunciation, and by natural death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1648
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