Re*vert"i*ble (?), a. Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being
reverted; as, a revertible estate.
Re*vert"ive (?), a. Reverting, or tending to revert; returning. --
Re*vert"ive*ly, adv.
The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves A yellow waste of idle
sands behind.
Thomson.
Rev"er*y (?), n. Same as Reverie.
Re*vest" (r*vst"), v. t. [OF reverstir, F. revêtir, L. revestire; pref.
re- re- + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis a garment. See Vestry, and cf.
Revet.] 1. To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
Her, nathless, . . . the enchanter Did thus revest and decked with
due habiliments.
Spenser.
2. To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate
with authority.
Re*vest", v. i. To take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to
former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation.
Re*ves"ti*a*ry (?), n. [LL. revestiarium: cf. F. revestiaire. See
Revest.] The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments,
etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry.