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revestir

/rebesˈtiɾ/ verb C1
  1. to decorate, dress up
  2. to have; to show (a certain quality, especially an abstract one) (formal) · revestir especial gravedad to be especially serious· revestir importancia to be of importance
  3. to summon up (formal, reflexive)
  4. to put on; to don (clothing, especially religious garments) (reflexive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
revestir
Gerund
revistiendo
Past participle
revestido
Present (yo)
revisto
Preterite (yo)
revestí

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

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Notad que no he dicho cordero; carnero, carnero respetable, anciano, cortado en romboides y polígonos desconocidos en el texto geométrico, huesosos, cubiertos de levísima capa triturable y reposando, por su peso específico, en el fondo del consabido líquido, que para el caso se revestía de un color parduzco.
Juvenilia, p. 16 · C1
Al punto la Reina se levantó de la silla en que estaba sin ánimos y como muerta, revestida de su antigua juventud, belleza y esplendor; y al verla, los personajes de la Corte, sin poder contenerse, prorrumpieron en gritos de júbilo, aclamando a su soberana.
Cuentos populares en Chile, p. 51 · C1

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