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Webster 1913 Edition

Vest

Vest

(vĕst)
,
Noun.
[L.
vestis
a garment, vesture; akin to Goth.
wasti
, and E.
wear
: cf. F.
veste
. See
Wear
to carry on the person, and cf.
Divest
,
Invest
,
Travesty
.]
1.
An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
In state attended by her maiden train,
Who bore the
vests
that holy rites require.
Dryden.
2.
Any outer covering; array; garb.
Not seldom clothed in radiant
vest

Deceitfully goes forth the morn.
Wordsworth.
3.
Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
Syn. – Garment; vesture; dress; robe; vestment; waistcoat.
–
Vest
,
Waistcoat
. In England, the original word waistcoat is generally used for the body garment worn over the shirt and immediately under the coat. In the United States this garment is commonly called a vest, and the waistcoat is often improperly given to an under-garment.

Vest

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vested
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vesting
.]
[Cf. L.
vestire
,
vestitum
, OF.
vestir
, F.
vêtir
. See
Vest
,
Noun.
]
1.
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
Came
vested
all in white, pure as her mind.
Milton.
With ether
vested
, and a purple sky.
Dryden.
2.
To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; – followed by with before the thing conferred;
as, to
vest
a court with power to try cases of life and death
.
Had I been
vested
with the monarch’s power.
Prior.
3.
To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; – with in before the possessor;
as, the power of life and death is
vested
in the king, or in the courts
.
Empire and dominion was [were]
vested
in him.
Locke.
4.
To invest; to put;
as, to
vest
money in goods, land, or houses
.
[R.]
5.
(Law)
To clothe with possession;
as, to
vest
a person with an estate
; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of;
as, an estate is
vested
in possession
.
Bouvier.

Vest

(vĕst)
,
Verb.
I.
To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; – followed by in;
as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate,
vests
in the heir at law
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vest

VEST

,
Noun.
[L. vestis, a coat or garment; vestio, to cover or clothe.]
1.
An outer garment.
Over his lucid arms a military vest of purple flow'd.
2.
In common speech, a man's under garment; a short garment covering the body, but without sleeves, worn under the coat; called also waistcoat.

VEST

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To clothe; to cover, surround or encompass closely.
With ether vested and a purple sky.
2.
To dress; to clothe with a long garment; as the vested priest.
To vest with, to clothe; to furnish with; to invest with; as, to vest a man with authority; to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death; to vest one with the right of seizing slave ships.
Had I been vested with the monarch's pow'r.
To vest in, to put in possession of; to furnish with; to clothe with. The supreme executive power in England is vested in the king; in the United States, it is vested in the president.
2.
To clothe with another form; to convert into another substance or species of property; as, to vest money in goods; to vest money in land or houses; to vest money in bank stock, or in six per cent stock; to vest all one's property in the public funds.

VEST

,
Verb.
I.
To come or descend to; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right. Upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.

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