vest \vest\ ve^st, 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.
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   1. an article of clothing covering the person; an outer
      garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
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            in state attended by her maiden train,
            who bore the vests that holy rites require.
                                                  --dryden.
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   2. any outer covering; array; garb.
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            not seldom clothed in radiant vest
            deceitfully goes forth the morn.      --wordsworth.
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   3. specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for
      men, worn under the coat.
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   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.
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see also:
wear divest invest travesty vest waistcoat 

vest \vest\ ve^st, 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 \vest\, v. t. imp.  p. p. vested; p. pr.  vb. n.
   vesting. cf. l. vestire, vestitum, of. vestir, f.
   v^etir. see vest, n.
   1. to clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to
      dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
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            came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
                                                  --milton.
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            with ether vested, and a purple sky.  --dryden.
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   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.
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            had i been vested with the monarch's power. --prior.
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   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.
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            empire and dominion was were vested in him.
                                                  --locke.
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   4. to invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or
      houses. r.
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   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.
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see also:
vested vesting vest 

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; "they vested the council
          with special rights" syn: invest, enthrone ant: divest
     2: place authority, property, or rights in the control of a
        person or group of persons; "she vested her vast fortune
        in her two sons"
     3: become legally vested; "the property vests in the trustees"
     4: clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
     5: clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes syn: robe
see also:
waistcoat singlet undershirt invest enthrone divest 
robe 

35 moby thesaurus words for "vest":
   appertain, appertain to, authorize, base, belong to, bless with,
   build, build in, dower, empower, endow, endow with, establish,
   favor with, fix, found, grace with, ground, install, invest,
   lay the foundation, pertain, pertain to, pitch, plant, put in,
   put up, seat, set, set up, settle on, settle upon, vest in,
   vest with, waistcoat

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