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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



... I said. "See all the pistols he has about him. I can see one in his coat pocket, and one in his vest pocket, and..." ...
— The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 • Lillie DeHegermann-Lindencrone
... relations of landlord and tenant, as recommended by the hon. Member for the County of Limerick, will restore prosperity to Ireland. Such a measure may be passed with great advantage; but if it be intended by a Bill with this title to vest the ownership of the land in the present occupiers, I believe this House will never pass it, and if it did, that it would prove most fatal to the best interests of the country. I think we have a right to blame the Government that as yet we have not seen the Bill for the ...
— Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 • John Bright
... strong, shapely hands, and surveyed them critically, drawing up her fawn sleeves above the wrists. Looking at them reminded her of her rings, which she had given to her husband before leaving for the beach. She silently reached out to him, and he, understanding, took the rings from his vest pocket and dropped them into her open palm. She slipped them upon her fingers; then clasping her knees, she looked across at Robert and began to laugh. The rings sparkled upon her fingers. He sent back ...
— The Awakening and Selected Short Stories • Kate Chopin
... unexpectedly to all, himself included, with the result that his ever-ready suspicion fixed upon his neighbor, Andrew Halloran, as the direct cause of the convulsion. Andrew's well-meant efforts to detach from Richard's vest the pocket-handkerchief securely fastened thereto by a large black safety-pin strengthened the latter's conviction of intended assault and battery, and he squirmed out of the circle and made a dash for the hall—the first stage in an ...
— The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 - December, 1906. • Various
... the elders was so dear to them as Mr. Blake, his piety and philanthropy so long tried and proved. Although we know it not, there is no asset held more dear than the solvency of a man in whom we vest the precious savings ...
— St. Cuthbert's • Robert E. Knowles


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