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6 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]: Vest \Vest\, 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}.] 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vest \Vest\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vest n 1: a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat [syn: {waistcoat}] 2: a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body [syn: {singlet}, {undershirt}] v 1: provide with power and authority [syn: {invest}, {enthrone}] [ant: {divest}] 2: clothe formally; esp. in ecclesiastical robes [syn: {robe}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Vest, KY Zip code(s): 41772 From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: VEST VAX Environment Software Translator
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