revests
/riˈvɛsts/
verb
- To give back a right, power, or property to someone; to restore ownership or authority.
- After the contract expires, control of the company revests in the founder.
- The new law revests voting rights to citizens who had lost them.
- The court ruling revests the land to its original owner.
- To clothe or dress again, especially in official or ceremonial garments.
- After the ceremony, the judge revests in his formal black gown.
- The priest revests in his robes before the evening service.
- The actor revests in his costume for the final scene.
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