(v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.
(v. i.) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.
Example Sentences:
(1) During the process of devesting and finishing, the surfaces of cast restorations are microblasted with an abrasive agent.
Revest
Definition:
(v. t.) To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
(v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.
(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) These cords are made up of a core of cardiac jelly material revested by endocardium.
(2) Patricia Revest and Joan Abbott summarize the properties of endothelial ion channels, and explore the ways in which the channels could control permeability, secretion and smooth muscle tone.