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Definitions for: Revest
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*vest" (r[=e]*v[e^]st"), v. t. [OF reverstir, F.
rev[^e]tir, L. revestire; pref. re- re- + vestire to clothe,
fr. vestis a garment. See Vestry, and cf. Revet.]
1. To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter Did thus revest
and decked with due habiliments. --Spenser.
2. To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a
magistrate with authority.
Re*vest", v. i.
To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former
owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.
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