REVEST

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe. Her, nathless, . . . the enchanterrevest and decked with due habiliments. Spenser.

2.
v.

To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.

3.
v.

To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revels in A after alienation.


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