revest

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɹiːˈvɛst/(UK)

Definition of revest

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete)To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.
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verb

  1. (obsolete)To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.
  2. To reclothe; to dress again.
    “Her nathelesse / Th'enchaunter finding fit for his intents, / Did thus reuest, and deckt with due habiliments.”
  3. To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate
  4. To invest again with possession or office.
    “to revest a magistrate with authority”
  5. (intransitive)To take effect again.

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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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