▪ I. † reˈvest, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 3–6 reueste (4 -en, -yn, 5 Sc. raueste), 3–7 reuest (4 reuist, 5 Sc. rew-, rawest), 4– revest.
[a. OF. revestir, revistir (mod.F. revêtir), = Sp. and Pg. revestir, It. rivestire:—late L. revestīre, f. re- re- + vestīre to clothe. In ME. the stem is also employed as pa. tense and pa. pple. (see β), in addition to the normal forms in -ed. Cf. also prec.]
1. trans. a. In pa. pple. Of priests, etc.: Arrayed in ecclesiastical vestments, esp. for the purpose of performing mass or other office.
| α c 1290 St. Brendan 274 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 227 Monekes it weren ech-on, And yreuested faire and in queor-copes. c 1305 St. Swithin 139 in E.E.P. (1862) 47 To þe mynstre hi gonne wende Ireuested faire ynouȝ. c 1350 Will. Palerne 5047 Þe patriarkes & oþer prelates prestli were reuested. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. x. 1891 Þe prest, rawestyt on his wysse For to ressaiff hir sacryfyce. 1481 Caxton Godf. cxl. 209 Emonge the men of armes were the men of the Chirche reuested with awbes and stooles. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 90 b, The Cardinall beyng reuested to syng Masse, the Erle of Essex brought the Bason with water. 1588 Allen Admon. 14 She hath caused the Priests..to be caried in scornefull manner reuested through the streates. 1609 Bible (Douay) Lev. vi. 10 The priest shall be revested with the tunike. |
| β 13.. Seuyn Sag. (W.) 3356 To kirk thai led that faire lady; A prieste was reuist hastily. 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 36 Þe bisshop Owald herd of þat miracle speke, Reuest [printed Renst; F. revestuz] at þe toumbe, he tok vp þe bones. a 1400–50 Alexander 1500 Þou & þi prelatis & prestis of þe temple, Raueste [Dubl. Reuest] all on a raw. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 346 The gentill Bischop Turpine cummand thay se, With threttie Conuent of Preistis reuest at ane sicht. c 1530 Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 402 The byshop of Pancopone, reuest in his pontificalibus,..there dydde axe the banes betwene them. 1593 Rites & Mon. Durham (Surtees Soc.) 7 They were always revest in the same place. |
b. In general use: To clothe, apparel, attire.
| 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. ii. iv. 98 Toke theyr garmentes fro them and reuested theyre owne folke with the same. 1513 Douglas æneis vi. ix. 46 Tisiphone..In bludy caip revestit and oursyld. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 22 Her nathelesse Th'enchaunter..Did thus revest, and deckt with dew habiliments. 1616 Middleton Civitatis Amor Wks. (Bullen) VII. 285 They departed..to be disrobed of their hermits' weeds, and were revested in robes of crimson taffeta. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xv. xcvi, He first revests his arms and breast, which by Their naked valour did his foes defy. 1664 Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. ii. i. 91 Revested with the most rich and splendid Apparel which Art can invent. |
| transf. a 1547 Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 11 The pleasant plot reuested green with warme. 1590 A. Hume Hymns, etc. (Bann. Cl.) 45 Quhen darknes hes the heauen revest. 1601 Dolman La Primaud. Fr. Acad. (1618) iii. 647 The bodie it selfe..in the resurrection..shall be reuested with the nature of the soule. 1649 Alcoran 26 See the bones of thine Asse; I will recollect and revest them with flesh. |
2. refl. To dress or apparel (oneself), esp. in ecclesiastical vestments. Also fig.
| α 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 11,114 Þe godeman vor drede to churche wende..& reuestede him bi þe auter. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. 51 Right so as thes holtes and thes hayes..Revestyn hem in grene whan that May is. a 1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 347/726 Reuesten him þenne wole be wel Wiþ riche pal and sendel. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 49 That signifiethe that ye had made mani preestes reuest hem, and synge masses for thaire soules. 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. iv. xvii. 280 Therfore it was ordeyned that religiouse should reueste and clothe hemself of the same. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon lxiii. 219 He..chargyd them..to reuest them selues with crosse and myter & copes. 1574 Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 42 It is as necessarie that the knight doe arme, as the priest reuest himselfe. 1603 Coronat. Jas. I (1685) 5 The Arch-Bishop..revesteth himself. 1652 J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox vi. 127 As hee was revesting himself in Almeria's Robes. |
| β a 1300 Cursor M. 10949 Zachari..reuest him on his maner, Siþen he went vnto þe auter. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 78 This bisschope, als the manere es, Reueste him to synge his messe. |
3. To invest or endow with property. rare—1.
| c 1500 Melusine 97, I enjoyne..that ye doo edefye..a pryorye with viii monkes, and that ye reueste them with rentes and reuenues. |
4. To put on (attire) again. Also fig.
| 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. i. 440 Those..shall rise, and all revest The flesh and bones that they at first possest. 1605 ― Sonn. late Peace iv, Revest (yee States) your Robes of dignitie. a 1639 Wotton Ps. civ. 10 Again, when Thou of Life renew'st the Seeds, The withered Fields revest their chearful weeds. 1645 City Alarum 4 If..I could awake all those..to shake off that frozen timidity,..and revest their wonted courage. 1867 Longfellow Dante, Inf. xiii. 104 Like others for our spoils shall we return; But not that any one may them revest. |
5. refl. and absol. To clothe oneself again.
| 1605 Sylvester Du Bartas, Spectacles viii, When Trees with Leaves and Blossoms them re-vest. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 190 Being disrobed,..he receives from the Kings own hand certain stripes... Which done he revests. |
Hence † reˈvesting vbl. n.1 Obs.
| a 1500 in Archaeol. LII. 213 The Revestyng of the abbot of Westminster att evensong. |
▪ II. revest, v.2
(riːˈvɛst)
[f. re- 5 a + vest v.]
1. trans. To reinvest (one) with power, ownership, or office; to reinstate.
| 1561 Pilkington Burnynge Paules Ch. K vj b, Because the kinge hais reuested and reseased me of the whole arch⁓bishopricke. 1570 Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 243/1 Commaunding him y{supt} Anselme..shuld be reuested agayn into his arch⁓bishopricke. 1594 ? Greene Selimus 1497 We will thrust Selimus from his throne, And reuest Acomat in the Empirie. 1643 Prynne Popish R. Favourite 57 [Was not] then..the Pope revested in his long exploded usurped supremacie in our Realme? |
2. To vest (something) again in a person, etc.
| 1697 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 195 The lords yesterday read the bill..for revesting the sinecure of Landinam in Wales in John Spademan in trust for Joseph Hill. 1799 Public Characters 58 A Bill to revest in the Universities the monopoly in Almanacks. 1823 J. Marshall Const. Opin. (1839) 267 The whole effect allowed to this judgment was to revest in the crown the powers of government. 1885 Act. 48 & 49 Vict. c. 48 Preamble, To restore to and re-vest in him the lands belonging to the said ancient territorial earldom. |
| ellipt. 1826 Kent Comm. i. v. (1858) I. 112 If a captured ship escapes from the captor, or is retaken, or if the owner ransoms her, his property is thereby revested. |
3. ‘To lay out in something less fleeting than money; as, to revest money in stocks.’
| 1828–32 in Webster. |
4. intr. To become reinvested (in one).
| 1651 Sir J. Davies Abridg. Reports i. 7 Had A been disseised, there the right remaines and the possession may revest. 1765 Act 5 Geo. III, c. 26 Preamble, The right of the said mines royal revested in his then Majesty King George the Second. 1766 Blackstone Comm. II. 434 [They] shall go to his executors or administrators,..and shall not revest in the wife. 1886 Law Rep. Weekly Notes 189/1 He obtained his discharge in March, 1883,..and the equity of redemption revested in him. |
Hence reˈvesting vbl. n.2
| 1766 Burrow Rep. II. 1214 Speculative Refinements..concerning the Change or Re-vesting of Property. |
▪ III. † reˈvest, v.3
obs. f. revet v.1 So reˈvested ppl. a.; reˈvestment.
| 1684 tr. Siege Luxembourg 17 They have three stories of Battlements, with a revested Ditch,..in the Revestment whereof are Caponieres. 1745 Nova Scotia Arch. (1869) 150 Two Bastions have almost entirely been revested;..the old revestments..would in a little while longer have tumbled down. |