Vest
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
vest
n 1: a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat [syn:
{vest}, {waistcoat}]
2: a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the
body [syn: {singlet}, {vest}, {undershirt}]
v 1: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council
with special rights" [syn: {invest}, {vest}, {enthrone}]
[ant: {disinvest}, {divest}]
2: place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a
person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in
her two sons"
3: become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees"
4: clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
5: clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes [syn:
{vest}, {robe}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vest \Vest\ (v[e^]st), n. [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}.]
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1. An article of clothing covering the person; an outer
garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
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In state attended by her maiden train,
Who bore the vests that holy rites require.
--Dryden.
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2. Any outer covering; array; garb.
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Not seldom clothed in radiant vest
Deceitfully goes forth the morn. --Wordsworth.
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3. Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for
men, worn under the coat.
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Syn: Garment; vesture; dress; robe; vestment; waistcoat.
Usage: {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.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vest \Vest\ (v[e^]st), 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.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vest \Vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vesting}.] [Cf. L. vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F.
v[^e]tir. See {Vest}, n.]
1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to
dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
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Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
--Milton.
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With ether vested, and a purple sky. --Dryden.
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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.
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Had I been vested with the monarch's power. --Prior.
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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.
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Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him.
--Locke.
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4. To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or
houses. [R.]
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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.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "vest":
appertain, appertain to, authorize, base, belong to, bless with,
build, build in, dower, empower, endow, endow with, establish,
favor with, fix, found, grace with, ground, install, invest,
lay the foundation, pertain, pertain to, pitch, plant, put in,
put up, seat, set, set up, settle on, settle upon, vest in,
vest with, waistcoat
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