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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.

Definition 2025

vešt

vešt

See also: vest and vést

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Adjective

vȅšt ‎(definite vȅštī, comparative vèštijī, Cyrillic spelling ве̏шт)

  1. able, skillful

Declension

positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vešti vešta vešto
genitive veštog(a) vešte veštog(a)
dative veštom(u/e) veštoj veštom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		vešti
veštog(a)		 veštu vešto
vocative vešti vešta vešto
locative veštom(e/u) veštoj veštom(e/u)
instrumental veštim veštom veštim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vešti vešte vešta
genitive veštih veštih veštih
dative veštim(a) veštim(a) veštim(a)
accusative vešte vešte vešta
vocative vešti vešte vešta
locative veštim(a) veštim(a) veštim(a)
instrumental veštim(a) veštim(a) veštim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative veštiji veštija veštije
genitive veštijeg(a) veštije veštijeg(a)
dative veštijem(u) veštijoj veštijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		veštiji
veštijeg(a)		 veštiju veštije
vocative veštiji veštija veštije
locative veštijem(u) veštijoj veštijem(u)
instrumental veštijim veštijom veštijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative veštiji veštije veštija
genitive veštijih veštijih veštijih
dative veštijim(a) veštijim(a) veštijim(a)
accusative veštije veštije veštija
vocative veštiji veštije veštija
locative veštijim(a) veštijim(a) veštijim(a)
instrumental veštijim(a) veštijim(a) veštijim(a)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věščь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêʃt/

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