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Webster 1913 Edition
Vesture
Ves′ture
(?; 135)
, Noun.
1.
A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
Piers Plowman.
Approach, and kiss her sacred
vesture’s
hem. Milton.
Rocks, precipices, and gulfs, appareled with a
vesture
of plants. Bentley.
There polished chests embroidered
vestures
graced. Pope.
2.
(O. Eng. Law)
(a)
The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered;
as, the
. vesture
of an acre(b)
Seizin; possession.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vesture
VEST'URE
,Noun.
1.
A garment; a robe.There polish'd chests embroider'd vesture grac'd.
2.
Dress; garments in general; habit; clothing; vestment; as the vesture of priests.3.
Clothing; covering.Rocks, precipices and gulfs appareled with a vesture of plants.
- And gild the humble vestures of the plain.
4.
In old law books, the corn with which land was covered; as the vesture of an acre.5.
In old books, seisin; possession. Obs.Definition 2024
vēsture
vēsture
Latvian
Noun
vēsture f (5th declension)
- history (a chain of events, a process seen as evolving in time)
- Zemes ģeoloģiskā vēsture ― the Earth's geological history
- pilsētas, novada vēsture ― city, regional history
- latviešu kultūras vēsture ― history of Latvian culture
- history (the past; past events)
- tas pieder vēsturei ― this is (lit. belongs to) history
- mācīties no vēstures ― to learn from history
- vēstures fakti ― historical facts
- ieiet vēsture ― to enter history (= become famous)
- history (the science that studies the development of human societies in time)
- vēstures fakultāte, muzejs ― history faculty, museum
- vēstures filozofija ― philosophy of history
- vēstures avoti ― historical sources
- pilsētas vēstures arhīvs ― city's historical archive
- studēt mākslas vēsture ― to study art history
- seno, senāko laiku vēsture ― older times (= ancient) history
- viduslaiku vēsture ― middle times (= medieval) history
- jauno, jaunāko laiku vēsture ― newer times (= modern) history
Declension
Declension of vēsture (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | vēsture | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | vēsturi | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | vēstures | — |
| dative (datīvs) | vēsturei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | vēsturi | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | vēsturē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | vēsture | — |
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vēsture”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7