reinvestv.
/ˌriːɪnˈvɛst/, U.S. /ˌriᵻnˈvɛst/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > re-establish > in a former condition
re-establish1483
reinvest1579
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 316 Afterwardes fearing that vnder hys name, they woulde reteyne the iurisdiction to them selues, had recourse to the Florentynes, and by their meanes was reinuested in his patrimonie [Fr. y estoit retourné par leur moyen; It. v'era ritornato con l'aiuto loro].
a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) x. 708 A restitution in integrum; a re-investing them in what they were borne to, or were any waies possessed of.
1639 H. Glapthorne Argalus & Parthenia iii, in Wks. (1874) I. 36 To re-invest blest quiet in his heart.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 136 The Vice-Roy..dispoil'd him of his Principality, and reinvested in it Levan's Lawful Heir.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. i. 100 The German line of Pontiffs had done much to re-invest the Papacy in its ancient sanctity.
2.
a. transitive. To re-endow with a possession, power, quality, etc.
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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > endow with qualities or attributes > again
revest1563
reinvest1600
supercrown1633
1600 S. Lewkenor Disc. Forraine Cities sig. M They returned conquerours, bringing captiues home the Queene and her infant sonne: which childe being by them instructed from his infancie in the principles of christian religion, they afterward did reinuest with his fathers Diademe.
1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 24 Gildas..testifies that the people thus re-invested with thir own original right [etc.].
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 474 Since they never divested themselves of their original Integrity, they could not be reinvested with that which they never lost.
1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 72 The General and his officers finding themselves reinvested with the Supreme authority [etc.].
1799 E. Helme tr. J. H. Campe Cortez xv. 164 It was considered as too dangerous to reinvest him with the power it was feared he had so greatly abused.
1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics vi. 131 Galeazzo was recalled, and reinvested with the lordship of Milan.
1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (iii. 20) 147 To undo what had been done for the death of man, and so reinvest him with life.
1910 M. Ostrogorski Democracy & Party Syst. in U.S. xvi. 419 The citizen has to be reinvested with his power over the commonwealth.
1951 J. Lees-Milne Tudor Renaissance i. 3 He by virtue of his immense scholarship determined the revival of classical learning, and through his sympathetic understanding of antiquity was able to reinvest the classical authors with humanity.
2001 C. Pegg Mongolian Music, Dance, & Oral Narr. ii. 29 Legendary and historical heroes are being reinvested with ethnicity and religiosity in postsocialist Mongolia.
b. transitive. To invest again with or as with a garment. Chiefly with with; also occasionally with in. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > again
reclothea1513
new-dressa1586
re-array1600
revest1605
reinvest1611
resuit1614
re-dress1739
redeck1771
regarment1814
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Reinuestire, to reinuest.
1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime 12 Then was I reinuested with a Doublet of white Canuas.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1229 This Earth, where the old matter of those bodies lies, wherein they are to be reinvested.
1730 Denhoff's Poor Man's Libr. iii. xxiv. 313 Beseech his Divine Majesty to reinvest thee with the Garments of Innocency, which he gave thee in thy Baptism.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott V. ix. 221 That one or two poor half-pay officers..might be..replaced in Highland regiments, and so reinvested with the untheatrical ‘Garb of Old Gaul’.
1868 S. Hayden Washington & his Masonic Compeers (ed. 8) 384 When death divested him of his earthly robes, his Saviour, in whom he trusted, would stand by him to reinvest him with the robes of immortality.
1947 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 6 25/1 These evil spirits are seen as fitted with human bodies, actually as the spirits of the dead, reinvested in their bodies, and visiting the earth in the darkness.
3.
a. intransitive. To make a fresh investment. Frequently with in.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > invest > anew
reinvest1734
1734 London Mag. Oct. 506/1 Which will make them willing to dispose of their Properties, but..not so easily induce them to reinvest.
1744 G. Horseman Precedents in Conveyancing III. Table of Principal Matters at South-Sea Stock and Annuities Proviso to Reinvest in Case of Redemption.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer II. xx. 168 To pay off his purchase-money, or re-invest in stores.
1966 Sociol. Anal. 27 213/2 If the assessed value of the property increased by more than 50 per cent during the time period this was considered a major expansion and the analytical equivalent of being newly created since the synagogue was, in a manner of speaking, reinvesting in its area.
1992 ELT Jrnl. 46 29 At the same time, across Europe there is an eagerness to reinvest in the cultural exchange which multilingual education facilitates.
2002 K. Talbot What Forever Means after Death of Child ix. 178 Having a significant relationship with another child or children can be one way a bereaved parent reinvests in life.
b. transitive. To invest (money, etc.) again.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > invest > again
to put back1435
reinvest1749
revest1790
1749 J. Salthouse Wood's Compl. Body Conveyancing II. 158 The Trustees thereof to reinvest the Money.
1774 P. Francis in tr. I. de Pinto Ess. Circulation & Credit i. 34 (note) The money thus reinvested returns into circulation.
1807 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 156 In all the ordinary lines of employment, the capital which is accumulated from profits, can only be reinvested, so as to augment the stock yielding annual increase.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xiv. §3. 94 They..save and re-invest their savings because they have nothing on which they care to expend them.
1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 209 The proceeds of sale have been..reinvested in land.
1935 Times 21 Nov. 21/3 In the latter event the proceeds may be distributed with the next dividend, reinvested in other portfolio securities, or applied in augmentation of the sinking fund.
1970 Business Hist. Rev. 44 163 Capital accumulated by northern merchants, bankers, and insurance brokers tended to be reinvested in northern industries and transportation enterprises rather than in southern ones.
2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 391 Some researchers ascribe the effect to the timing of monthly cash flows received by pension funds and reinvested in the stock market.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > again
revest1545
reinvest1760
1760 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 150 The same land shall..be reinvested in the said Corporation.
1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts iii. 48 Such right of property is reinvested in the vendor, together with the right of possession.
1853 Amer. Law Reg. 1 479 It does not follow that Congress may from time to time..re-invest in him rights of property which he had before conveyed for a valuable and fair consideration.
Derivatives
ˌreinˈvested adj.
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1867 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Purgatorio xxx. 192 Even as the Blessed at the final summons Shall rise up quickened each one from his cavern, Uplifting light the reinvested flesh.
1967 Appraisal Terminol. & Handbk. (Amer. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers) (ed. 5) 41 The sum accumulated at the end of the term, consisting of the original and the reinvested interest accumulations.
2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 10/2 There are special rules for equalisation payments and reinvested income.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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