Category:Vest

Vest, n. Etym: [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.]

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. Dryden.

2. Any outer covering; array; garb. Not seldom clothed in radiant vest deceitfully goes forth the morn. Wordsworth.

3. Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, Worn under the coat.

Syn. -- 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.

Vest Vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.] Etym: [cf. L. vestire, vestitum, of. vestir, f. vêtir. See vest, n.]

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. Milton. With ether vested, and a purple sky. Dryden.

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. Prior.

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. Locke.

4. To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. [r.]

5. (law)

Defn: 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.

Vest Vest, v. i.

Defn: 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.