† reˈvesh, reˈvess, v. Obs.
Forms: α. 5 reuesche, rewessh-, 6 reuessch-; 4 reuysh-, revyssh-, 5 rauasch-, 6 rauissh-. β. 5 reuess-, revesc-, Sc. rawess, 6 revess-. Cf. also reverse v.2
[Back-formation from next, the t being apprehended as a participial ending.]
= revest v. (Chiefly in pa. tense or pa. pple.)
| α c 1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B) 34 When þo auter is al dight, & þo preste is reuysht [v.r. re-wesshut] right. c 1400 Melayne 889 The Bischoppe sone gane hym reuesche. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 4695 Þen twey prestes weron reuysshede at hurre byddyng. c 1450 Myrc Festial 61 Then segh scho a prest and too dekens honestly reueschet. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3424 The bysshops were reuesshed in pontificalibus. 1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. xii. 270 With the whiche aftre he hath rauisshed him selfe in the vestrie,..he commeth forth to the aultare. |
| β a 1440 Sir Degrev. 1830 Solempnely a cardinal, Revescyd with a pontifical, Sang the masse ryal. c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 1197 Maister Jhon Blar was redy to rawess. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliv. t vij b, There mette with hym xiiij bisshoppes reuessed and mitered. 1523 Pleadings Duchy Lanc. (1896) XXXII. 116 [The priest being] revessed at messe. |