About The Word Revest
Learn about the word Revest to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Revest definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Revest
| Revest Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Revest?Synonyms | Synonyms for Revest: Related Terms | Find terms related to Revest: See Also | Revest In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Wasting ‐ a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse [n]…
- Culicidae ‐ mosquitoes
- Hydroxyacetic acid ‐ a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar…
- Vesuvius ‐ a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; erupted…
- Starwort ‐ low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped…
- Fraser fir ‐ small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies…
- Inexorability ‐ mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or…
- Anti-semitic ‐ discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion [adj]…
- Katharobe ‐ an organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic…
- Synagrops ‐ a genus of…