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revest
[ ree-vest ]
verb (used with object)
- to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- to vest (powers, office, etc.) again.
verb (used without object)
- to become vested again in a person; go back again to a former owner.
revest
/ riːˈvɛst /
verb
- often foll by in to restore (former power, authority, status, etc, to a person) or (of power, authority, etc) to be restored
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Word History and Origins
Origin of revest1
C16: from Old French revestir to clothe again, from Latin re- + vestīre to clothe; see vest
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Example Sentences
A mortgagor has the right to pay the debt secured, and by this means to have the title to the property revest in him.
From Project Gutenberg
His motion was to revest the reserves in the crown for religious purposes, but it was negatived by a vote of 30 to 7.
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