Meaning

5 senses

  1. To reclothe; to dress again.

  2. To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate

  3. To invest again with possession or office.

    to revest a magistrate with authority

  4. (intransitive)To take effect again.

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

Origin

From Anglo-Norman revestir, revestre et al., Middle French revestir, and their source, Lat

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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Forms

revests, revesting, revested, revested
Base formrevest · to revest
3rd person singularrevests
Present participlerevesting
Past simplerevested
Past participlerevested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrevest
he, she, itrevests

Past simpleLesson

all personsrevested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave revested
he, she, ithas revested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill revest

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reversiblerevertreviewA1reviewerrevileC2
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