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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.

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Origin:
1555–65; re- + vest (v.)

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revest (riːˈvɛst)

—vb
	(often foll by in) to restore (former power, authority, status, etc, to a person) or (of power, authority, etc) to be restored

[C16: from Old French revestir to clothe again, from Latin re- + vestīre to clothe; see vest]

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