revest

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re·vest

 (rē-vĕst′)
tr.v. re·vest·ed, re·vest·ing, re·vests
1. To invest (someone) again with power or ownership; reinstate.
2. To vest (power, for example) once again in a person or an agency.
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revest

(riːˈvɛst)
vb
(often foll by in) to restore (former power, authority, status, etc, to a person) or (of power, authority, etc) to be restored
[C16: from Old French revestir to clothe again, from Latin re- + vestīre to clothe; see vest]
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revest


Past participle: revested
Gerund: revesting

Imperative
revest
revest
Present
I revest
you revest
he/she/it revests
we revest
you revest
they revest
Preterite
I revested
you revested
he/she/it revested
we revested
you revested
they revested
Present Continuous
I am revesting
you are revesting
he/she/it is revesting
we are revesting
you are revesting
they are revesting
Present Perfect
I have revested
you have revested
he/she/it has revested
we have revested
you have revested
they have revested
Past Continuous
I was revesting
you were revesting
he/she/it was revesting
we were revesting
you were revesting
they were revesting
Past Perfect
I had revested
you had revested
he/she/it had revested
we had revested
you had revested
they had revested
Future
I will revest
you will revest
he/she/it will revest
we will revest
you will revest
they will revest
Future Perfect
I will have revested
you will have revested
he/she/it will have revested
we will have revested
you will have revested
they will have revested
Future Continuous
I will be revesting
you will be revesting
he/she/it will be revesting
we will be revesting
you will be revesting
they will be revesting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been revesting
you have been revesting
he/she/it has been revesting
we have been revesting
you have been revesting
they have been revesting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been revesting
you will have been revesting
he/she/it will have been revesting
we will have been revesting
you will have been revesting
they will have been revesting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been revesting
you had been revesting
he/she/it had been revesting
we had been revesting
you had been revesting
they had been revesting
Conditional
I would revest
you would revest
he/she/it would revest
we would revest
you would revest
they would revest
Past Conditional
I would have revested
you would have revested
he/she/it would have revested
we would have revested
you would have revested
they would have revested
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