- (n.) To clothe with or as with, a vestment or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround or encompass closely.
- (n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
- (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.
- (n.) Specifically, a waistcoat or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
- (n.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land or houses.
- (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.
- (n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.
- (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.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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