Sekirov Dictionary

vest

/vɛst/

noun 7
verb 7
forms 5
phrases 1

noun7

A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
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(US, Canada) a short coat with buttons at the front and no sleeves, put on over a shirt and often with a suit
- The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them. — 1913
(UK) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
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A vestment.
- In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require. — 1700
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Clothing generally; array; garb.
- Not seldom, clad in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn. — 1800
(no longer used) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.

verb7

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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. — 1673
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To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
- to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
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To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
- The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
- , Book I Empire and dominion […] was vested in him.
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To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
- an estate is vested in possession
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(of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
- Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
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To become vested, to become permanent.
- My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
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(no longer used) To invest; to put.
- to vest money in goods, land, or houses

forms

vested · vesting · vesteth · vests · vestest

Phrases with vest

sleeves from one's vest
Something non-existent; something of no value or cost.

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