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Revest
(gcide) | Revest \Re*vest"\, v. i.
To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former
owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.
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Revest
(gcide) | Revest \Re*vest"\ (r[=e]*v[e^]st"), v. t. [OF reverstir, F.
rev[^e]tir, L. revestire; pref. re- re- + vestire to clothe,
fr. vestis a garment. See Vestry, and cf. Revet.]
1. To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
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Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter
Did thus revest and decked with due habiliments.
--Spenser.
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2. To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a
magistrate with authority.
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Revestiary
(gcide) | Revestiary \Re*ves"ti*a*ry\, n. [LL. revestiarium: cf. F.
revestiaire. See Revest.]
The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments,
etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.
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Revestry
(gcide) | Revestry \Re*ves"try\, n.
Same as Revestiary. [Obs.]
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Revestture
(gcide) | Revestture \Re*vest"ture\, n.
Vesture. [Obs.]
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Richrevesture of cloth of gold. --E. Hall.
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