revest

verb /ɹiːˈvɛst/

1. To dress (a priest or other religious figure) in ritual garments, especially to celebrate Mass or another service.

   obsolete

2. To reclothe; to dress again.

   Her nathelesse / Th'enchaunter finding fit for his intents, / Did thus reuest, and deckt with due habiliments.

3. To return (property) to a former owner; to reinstate

4. To invest again with possession or office.

   to revest a magistrate with authority

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman revestir, revestre et al., Middle French revestir, and their source, Late Latin revestire, from Latin re- + to clothe.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry revest (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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