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Webster 1913 Edition
Revest
Re-vest′
(rē-vĕst′)
, Verb.
T.
1.
To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter
Did thus
Did thus
revest
and decked with due habiliments. Spenser.
2.
To vest again with possession or office;
as, to
. revest
a magistrate with authorityRe-vest′
,Verb.
I.
To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner;
as, the title or right
. revests
in A after alienationWebster 1828 Edition
Revest
REVEST'
,Verb.
T.
1.
to clothe again.2.
To reinvest; to vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.3.
to lay out in something less fleeting than money; as, to revest money in stocks.REVEST'
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
revest
revest
English
Verb
revest (third-person singular simple present revests, present participle revesting, simple past and past participle revested)
- (obsolete) To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.
- To reclothe; to dress again.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- Her nathelesse / Th'enchaunter finding fit for his intents, / Did thus reuest, and deckt with due habiliments.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate
- To invest again with possession or office.
- to revest a magistrate with authority