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Detest vs Devest - What's the difference?

detest | devest |

As verbs the difference between detest and devest

is that detest is to dislike intensely; to loathe while devest is to divest; to undress.

detest

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To dislike intensely; to loathe.
    • I detest snakes.
    Who dares think one thing, and another tell, / My heart detests him as the gates of hell. — Pope.
  • (obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
    • The heresy of Nestorius was detested in the Eastern churches. — Fuller.
    God hath detested them with his own mouth. — Bale.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * detestable * detestation

    See also

    * abhor * despise * disdain * dislike * hate * loathe

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    devest

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divest; to undress.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (legal) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
  • (legal) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
    • (Webster 1913) ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Numeral

    (sh-numeral)
  • ninety

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (Standard)