Devest
(De*vest") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devested; p. pr. & vb. n. Devesting.] [L. devestire to undress;
de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. dévêtir. Cf. Divest.]
1. To divest; to undress. Shak.
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
(De*vest"), v. i. (Law) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Devex
(De*vex") a. [L. devexus, from devehere to carry down.] Bending down; sloping. [Obs.]
Devex
(De*vex"), n. Devexity. [Obs.] May
Devexity
(De*vex"i*ty) n. [L. devexitas, fr. devexus. See Devex, a.] A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation
downward; declivity. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)
Devi
(||De"vi) n.; fem. of Deva. A goddess.
Deviant
(De"vi*ant) a. Deviating. [Obs.]
Deviate
(De"vi*ate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deviated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviating ] [L. deviare to deviate;
de + viare to go, travel, via way. See Viaduct.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a
method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take,
May boldly deviate from the common track.
Pope. Syn. — To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
Deviate
(De"vi*ate), v. t. To cause to deviate. [R.]
To deviate a needle.
J. D. Forbes. Deviation
(De`vi*a"tion) n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. déviation.]
1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established
rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
2. (Com.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual
course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Deviation of a falling body (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs
in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. — Deviation of the compass,
the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the
magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. — Deviation of the line of the vertical, the difference between
the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid
and homogeneous, — caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.
Deviator
(De"vi*a`tor) n. [L., a forsaker.] One who, or that which, deviates.
Deviatory
(De"vi*a*to*ry) a. Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [R.] Tully.
