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.

Origin of revest

1555–65; re- + vest (v.)

Words Nearby revest

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How to use revest in a sentence

A mortgagor has the right to pay the debt secured, and by this means to have the title to the property revest in him.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3 | Various
His motion was to revest the reserves in the crown for religious purposes, but it was negatived by a vote of 30 to 7.
The Story of My Life | Egerton Ryerson

British Dictionary definitions for revest

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

Origin of revest

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

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