Devest vs Divest - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between devest and divest

is that devest is to divest; to undress while divest is to undress, disrobe.

(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==

(sh-numeral)

ninety

* (l) (Standard)

(en verb)

(archaic) To undress, disrobe.

* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :

Having divested the child he kissed her gently and gave her a little pat to make her stand off.

To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) (of) something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

You shall never divest me of my right to free speech.

When I wake up, I make a point to divest myself of all my prejudices, ready to start the day.

To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary

In 2011 the company divested an 81% majority stake in its Chinese subsidiary.