Vested
['vestɪd] or ['vɛstɪd]
Definition
(adj.) fixed and absolute and without contingency; 'a vested right' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Vest
(a.) Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
(a.) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fixed, established.
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Examples
- Closely related to the constitution and just as decadent to-day are the Sanctity of Private Property, Vested Rights, Competition the Life of Trade, Prosperity (at any cost). Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You have but one duty, John, and that lies in the interest of vested authority. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I say this unhesitatingly for in another place the Commission informs us that marriage has in it the elements of vested rights. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Your fortune is vested in the English funds; Briggs has the will and the necessary documents. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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