Vest

[vest] or [vɛst]

Definition

(noun.) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat.

(verb.) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes.

(verb.) clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments.

(verb.) become legally vested; 'The property vests in the trustees'.

(verb.) place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; 'She vested her vast fortune in her two sons'.

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Definition

(n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

(n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.

(n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.

(n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.

(n.) 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.

(v. 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.

Checker: Walter

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Vesture, garment, vestment, robe, dress.[2]. Waistcoat (for men).

v. a. [1]. Clothe, dress, surround, robe, enrobe, envelope, cover.[2]. Endow, furnish.

Typist: Naomi

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Kobe, clothe, furnish, endow

ANT:Divest, strip, unrobe, denude, deprive

Edited by Beverly

Definition

n. that which is put on as dress: a garment: a waistcoat: formerly a cassock-like garment: a kind of close jacket worn by women an extra piece or trimming on the front of the bodice of a woman's gown often V-shaped: a knitted or woven undergarment: (arch.) a vestment.—v.t. to clothe: to invest: (law) to give fixed right of possession.-v.i. to descend or to take effect as a right.—adj. Ves′ted clothed wearing robes of ceremony: not contingent or suspended hence (law) already acquired: denoting a present absolute right.—n. Ves′tiary (obs.) a wardrobe: (rare) garb clothing:—pl. Ves′tiaries.—n. Ves′ting cloth for men's waistcoats.—Vest in interest to devolve as matter of right without reference to immediate right of possession.

Checker: Micawber