Middle English Dictionary Entry
revesten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | revesten v. Also revest(e, revisten; p. revested(e, revest(e; ppl. i)revest(ed, reveste, revist, raveste & (error) renst. |
| Etymology | OF revestir, revistir & ravestir & L revestīre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of clergy, Jewish priests: to put on ceremonial vestments; -- usu. refl.; ben revested, put on ceremonial vestments; ?also, be vested by someone else; (b) ppl. revested, arrayed in ceremonial vestments.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 SLeg.Swithin (Corp-C 145)141 : Bissops and abbotes..reuestede hom faire inou and wiþ god deuocion, Wiþ taperes itend and þe crois, & wiþ uair procession.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8392 : Bissopes & prestes & men of religion & clerkes..Reuestede [vr. Reueste] hom in chirche..Wepinde wiþ procession & songe þe letanye & oþer gode orisons.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11114 : A freinss bissop..vor drede to churche wende anon & reuestede [vr. reueste] him bi þe auter.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5047 : Þe patriarkes & oþer prelates prestli were reuested, to make þe mariage.
- c1390 Disp.GM & Devil (Vrn)726 : He [priest] wol make gret solempnite; Reuesten him..wole he wel Wiþ riche pal and sendel.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)9057 : Þe preste hym reuest to begynne messe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10949 : Zachari to temple yedd For to do þe folk seruise..Reuest [Trin-C: reuested; Ld: revestid; Göt: Reuersid] him on his maner.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Abp.& N.(Ashm 42)p.78 : This bisschope..Reueste [vr. Reuested] him to synge his messe.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)3682 : To kirk þai led þat faire lady; A preste was reuist hastily.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)19/6 : Thi-selfe & alle þe prestis reuestez ȝow solempnely and..wendez furthe of þe citee agaynes Alexander in processioun.
- a1450 LFMass Bk.(Corp-O 155)33 : When þe priest hym revistis [vr. revestis] and þe messe bigynnes..Þan say þou with hym þy Confiteor.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)98/21 : Þe preest..was reuested and ensensed þe autere.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)49/27 : Ye had made mani preestes reuest [F revestir] hem and synge masses for thaire soules.
- a1475 Titus & V.(Hrl 4733)2521 : [Add 36523: Saint Clement] was then irevest [With riche vestiments of the best].
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)305 : To Reueste: reuestire.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)274 : Monekes..yreuested faire and in queor-copes, a-ȝein heom huy comen gon, With procession faire i-nouȝ.
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)520 : Þo þe prince and is wyf weren i-come to londe, Þe Maudeleyne with-oute strif i-reuested þare huy founde..For-to prechen godes word.
- c1300 SLeg.Patr.(LdMisc 108)477 : Þare cam gon A procession..of noble men ech-on, With creoiz and with taperes and..baneres..I-reuested [Corp-C: reuested] faire..Some were bischopus and Ercedeknes and some Monekes and freres.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1958 : Þe p[ope] wiþ many prelates was purueyd to riȝtes, wiþ cardenales & bischopus & abbotes fele, alle richeli reuested þat reaute to holde.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.453 : In þe day of þe weddynge Raph, archebisshop of Canturbury..sigh þe bisshop of Salisbury y-revested to doo þe solempnite of þat weddynge.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Widow's Candle (Phys-E)p.161 : Tua clerkes scho saw comande In surplices..And efter thaim reuested rathe, Com suddeken and deken.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.36 : Þe bisshop..Renst [read: Reuest; F revestuz]..tok vp þe bones, In a fertre þam laid.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.112 : Ich sauh..reson reuested ryȝt as a pope.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20523 : Alle þe clergie and religions..Bokes of saintes þai tok and bar..Barfote, reueste.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4334 : The baronge of Bretayne..bechopes and othire Graythes them to Glaschenbery..To bery..the..kynge..Relygeous reueste in theire riche copes, Pontyficalles and prelates in precyouse wedys.
- a1450(a1400) Titus & V.(Add 36523)2521 : Seint Clement went to hym revest With riche vestiments of þe best.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1500 : I amonest þe..Þat þou..aray all þe cite..And pas, þou & þi prelatis & prestis of þe temple, Raueste [Dub: Reuest] all on a raw.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)1846 : Solempnely a cardinal, Reuestyd with a pontifical, Sang þe masse ryal.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)40/25 : Atte that seruyse was the yonge Erle reuested lyke a Chanoyne.
2.
To cover (a meadow with colors), adorn; refl. of woods or hedges: be decked (in green); ben revested: of a tree: be draped (in wintry barrenness).
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.353 : Thise holtes and thise hayis, That han in wynter dede ben and dreye, Revesten hem in grene when that May is.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Friend AN (Ashm 59)14 : Gret prees of coustume is abowte þe tree While þat boughes beon with fruytes lade; But whane þe braunches beon bareine and fade, Þat he revested is in wynters weede, Fare weele þe prees.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1272 : The swete modyr of the moneth of May..Flora..prayde..That shewold come wyth honourment gay For to revest, depeynt, and to aray Thys blessyd mede wyth..diuersite Of colours fresshe.
3.
To endow (sb. with income).
Associated quotations
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)97/29 : I..charge you that ye..reueste them [monks] with rentes and reuenues such that..they may lyue on for euermore.