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Webster 1913 Edition

Revest

Re-vest′

(rē-vĕst′)
,
Verb.
T.
[OF
reverstir
, F.
revêtir
, 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.
Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter
Did thus
revest
and decked with due habiliments.
Spenser.
2.
To vest again with possession or office;
as, to
revest
a magistrate with authority
.

Re-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 alienation
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Revest

REVEST'

,
Verb.
T.
[Low L. revestio; re and vestio, to clothe.]
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.
to take effect again, as a title; to return to a former owner; as, the title or right revest in A, after alienation.

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