单词 | revesting |
释义 | revestingn. 1. The action of clothing or reclothing (cf. revest v.1 I.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] > clothing a person in revestingc1475 c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Interp. & Virtues Mass l. 29 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 88 Entryng the churche..To here masse... From the tyme of hys reuestyng Departeth nat tyll tyme that he haue do. a1500 Inventory in Archaeologia (1890) 52 213 The Revestyng of the abbot of Westminister att evensong. b. The action or process of clothing someone again; redressing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > other disguising1395 furring1554 making-up1632 reclothing1753 overdressing1806 re-dressing1825 overclothing1859 revesting1907 1907 Eng. Hist. Rev. 22 654 The Revesting.—The king is taken to St. Edward's Chapel, divested of his robes [etc.]. 1959 Speculum 34 447 The other vestments surviving from the reliquary are..fragments from the re-vesting of the body made at the translation in 1104. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Features section) 8 The baby's body is suddenly elevated in its sling... Unstrapping, de-poppering, wiping and re-vesting must take place. 2. The settlement of property, a right, etc., in a person of persons, esp. for a second or further time; an instance of this. Cf. revest v.1 II. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > again revesting1651 1651 ‘T. H.’ Certain Observ. in W. Noye Treat. Grounds & Maximes Lawes (ed. 2) 156 This vesting of a new Estate..stands upon the same reason,..that the revesting of an ancient Estate and Right in the disseisee doth by such claim. 1766 J. Burrow Rep. Court King's Bench 2 1214 Speculative Refinements..concerning the Change or Re-vesting of Property. 1881 in W. G. Myer Federal Decisions (1888) XXII. 193 Forfeiture is the word used..and the term is correctly applied, since it supposes a revesting in the commonwealth. 1996 Australian (Nexis) 13 June The new marketing strategy involved..a revesting of power in those who worked on the shop floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475 |
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