revest

Definitions

1. To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.
   obsolete
2. To reclothe; to dress again.
3. To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate
4. To invest again with possession or office.
5. To take effect again.
   intransitive

Examples

“Her nathelesse / Th'enchaunter finding fit for his intents, / Did thus reuest, and deckt with due habiliments.”

“to revest a magistrate with authority”

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