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Vest   /vɛst/   Listen
noun
Vest  n.  
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."
2.
Any outer covering; array; garb. "Not seldom clothed in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the morn."
3.
Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
Synonyms: Garment; vesture; dress; robe; vestment; waistcoat. 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.


verb
Vest  v. t.  (past & past part. vested; pres. part. vesting)  
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." "With ether vested, and a purple sky."
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."
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."
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.


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.





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"Vest" Quotes from Famous Books



... on Tuesday And bought a fancy vest. I kept the pretty bucklestraps, Buttonholes and pocketflaps, And threw ...
— The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes • Leroy F. Jackson
... rode Jovan to greet his sister. Long before he had approach'd her dwelling, Far, far off his sister saw and hail'd him; Hastened to him—threw her on his bosom, Loosed his vest, and ...
— Serbia in Light and Darkness - With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) • Nikolaj Velimirovic
... Jacques; "then, why not wear the buckskin vest, the red- silk sash, and the boots like these?"—tapping his own leathers. "You look a ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... that have taken place, there is one I believe you will be pleased with; in the payment of your salaries, which in future will be paid here upon my certificate. I, as your agent, will vest the money in bills, and remit them to you or Dr Franklin, with orders for him to remit the money to you, or pay it to your order. This will render your payments more regular, and free you from the appearance of dependence, which must be disagreeable to you. I remit ...
— The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX • Various
... these words as addressed to himself, but for the weight of a large hand which was laid on his arm. As it was, he turned promptly, and encountered a stout, heavy man, handsomely dressed, but for a massive gold chain which passed across his bosom into his vest pocket, and drooped in glittering lengths far down the rotundity of his capacious person, and a large diamond that blazed on his plaited shirt bosom. From the chain and the diamond, Hepworth's first thought was, that the person must be some ...
— The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals • Ann S. Stephens


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