Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-VEST', v.t. [Fr. revêtir; Low L. revestio; re and vestio, to clothe.]

1. To clothe again. – Wotton.
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.