revest

REVEST', v.t. [Low L. revestio; re and vestio, to clothe.]

1. to clothe again.

2. To reinvest; to vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.

3. to lay out in something less fleeting than money; as, to revest money in stocks.

REVEST', v.i. to take effect again, as a title; to return to a former owner; as, the title or right revest in A, after alienation.