revet

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verb

To face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.

OriginFrench revêtir ← Middle French vestir ← Old French vestir →
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Meanings

verbrevet (third-person singular simple present revets, present participle revetting, simple past and past participle revetted)

present singular third person revets · participle present revetting · participle past revetted · past revetted

  1. transitiveTo face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Frenchre-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wéstis
  6. Proto-Italic*westis
  7. Latinvestis
  8. Latinvestiō
  9. Old Frenchvestir
  10. Middle Frenchvestir
  11. Frenchvêtir
  12. Frenchrevêtir
  13. Englishrevet

Borrowed from French revêtir (“to reclothe”).

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Translations

Czech obezdít
  • obezdítto face with masonry

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with revet

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

revet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revet

MLA

“revet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revet.

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