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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.</def>

<note>&hand; This word is now generally written <i>divest</i>, except in the legal sense.</note>

<h1>Devest</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vest"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.</def>

<h1>Devex</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vex"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>devexus</ets>, from <ets>devehere</ets> to carry down.]</ety> <def>Bending down; sloping.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Devex</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vex"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Devexity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>May (Lucan).</i>

<h1>Devexity</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vex"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>devexitas</ets>, fr. <ets>devexus</ets>. See <er>Devex</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)</i>

<h1>Devi</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De"vi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>; <i>fem</i>. of <er>Deva</er>. A goddess.</def>

<h1>Deviant</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De"vi*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deviating.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deviate</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De"vi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deviated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deviating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deviare</ets> to deviate; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>viare</ets> to go, travel, <ets>via</ets> way. See <er>Viaduct</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly <b>deviate</b> from the common track. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.</syn>

<h1>Deviate</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De"vi*ate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to deviate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>deviate</b> a needle. <i>J. D. Forbes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deviation</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De`vi*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deviatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82viation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.</def>

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