re·vest (r -v st )tr.v. re·vest·ed, re·vest·ing, re·vests 1. To invest (someone) again with power or ownership; reinstate. 2. To vest (power, for example) once again in a person or an agency. |
revest [riːˈvɛst]
vb
(often foll by in) to restore (former power, authority, status, etc., to a person) or (of power, authority, etc.) to be restored
[from Old French revestir to clothe again, from Latin re- + vestīre to clothe; see vest]
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