What is the meaning of vested?

verb

  • Provide with power and authority.
    • usage: "They vested the council with special rights"
  • Place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons.
    • usage: "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"
  • Become legally vested.
    • usage: "The property vests in the trustees"
  • Clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments.
  • Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes.

adjective

  • Fixed and absolute and without contingency.
    • usage: "a vested right"
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