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Revest

//ɹiːˈvɛst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service. obsolete
  2. 2
    To reclothe; to dress again.

    "Her nathelesse / Th'enchaunter finding fit for his intents, / Did thus reuest, and deckt with due habiliments."

  3. 3
    To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate
  4. 4
    To invest again with possession or office.

    "to revest a magistrate with authority"

  5. 5
    To take effect again. intransitive

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman revestir, revestre et al., Middle French revestir, and their source, Late Latin revestire, from Latin re- + to clothe.

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