Usually means: To cover or clothe again.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. revest: Merriam-Webster
  2. revest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. revest: Collins English Dictionary
  4. revest: Wordnik
  5. revest: Wiktionary
  6. revest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. revest: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. revest: Dictionary.com
  9. Revest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Revest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. revest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Revest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. revest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. revest: FreeDictionary.org
  15. revest: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. revest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. revest: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. revest: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. revest: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. revest: A Word A Day

Definitions from Wiktionary (revest)

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 invest again with possession or office.
verb:  (intransitive) To take effect again.

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