Definitions for the word "vest" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Any outer covering; array; garb.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 undergarment worn on the trunk. 2 us & austral. Waistcoat. v. 1 (foll. By with) bestow (powers, authority, etc.) On. 2 (foll. By in) confer (property or power) on (a person) with an immediate fixed right of future possession. 3 clothe (oneself), esp. In vestments. [latin vestis garment]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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