2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vesting  \Vest"ing\,  n. 
  Cloth  for  vests;  a  vest  pattern. 

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