Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To invest (someone) again with power or ownership; reinstate.
- transitive verb To vest (power, for example) once again in a person or an agency.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To reclothe; cover again as with a garment.
- To invest; robe; clothe, especially in the vestments of state or office.
- To reinvest; vest again with ownership or office: as, to
revesta magistrate with authority. - To take possession of again; secure again as a possession or right.
- To take effect again, as a title; return to a former owner: as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
- transitive verb To vest again with possession or office.
- intransitive verb To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service. - verb To
reclothe ; to dress again. - verb To return (property) to a former owner; to
reinstate - verb To re-award an
office of authority
Etymologies
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Examples
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They said, Thou revest upon the person thou lovest.
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They said, Thou revest upon the person thou lovest, iv.
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He even goes further than this, and expresses himself as believing in such a suit the Court will enter a decree absolutely annulling the deeds, which of course would revest the title in Mr. Chaloner.
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/2/The reason sometimes offered is, that, by breaking bulk, the bailee determines the bailment, and that the goods at once revest in the possession of the bailor.
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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They said, Thou revest upon the person thou lovest, iv.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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All these amendments, and several others, having been lost in Committee, the original resolution moved by Mr. Cartwright, to revest the clergy reserves in Her Majesty, for "the support of the Christian religion in this Province," was adopted by a majority of three or four.
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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Assembly went into Committee on a Bill to revest the reserves in the Imperial Parliament!
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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It required much tact and skill to break the ranks of the chief forces arrayed against the scheme to revest the reserves in the Crown -- a scheme distasteful to Canadians generally, and subversive of the legislative independence of Upper Canada.
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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For, by a singular coincidence, the very day (29th December, 1837) on which Mr. Cartwright had moved to bring a bill into the House of Assembly to revest the clergy reserve in Her Majesty, Sir George Grey penned a despatch to Sir George Arthur, in which he disclaimed, on behalf of the
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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In 1832 and in 1833, bills to revest the clergy reserve lands in the Crown were read a second time, and, in 1834, one to that effect was finally passed, but was rejected by the
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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