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Vest
Vest
(vĕst)
, Noun.
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
Who bore the
vests
that holy rites require. Dryden.
2.
Any outer covering; array; garb.
Not seldom clothed in radiant
Deceitfully goes forth the morn.
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
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vested
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vesting
.] 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 deathHad 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 courtsEmpire 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
; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; vest
a person with an estateas, an estate is
. vested
in possessionBouvier.
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 lawWebster 1828 Edition
Vest
VEST
,Noun.
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.