vest
/vɛst/ verb C2- To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- 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
- 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.
- To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of. · to vest a person with an estate· an estate is vested in possession
- (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.
- 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.
He/she/it vests · Past vested · Past participle vested · -ing form vesting
Verb forms
- Base form
- vest
- He/she/it
- vests
- Past
- vested
- Past participle
- vested
- -ing form
- vesting
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He took it off and stuffed it into his vest pocket, after the manner of man.
Chandler’s patent leather shoes to the edge of his low-cut vest.
Selecting one, he handed it to the boy, following it with a silver dollar from his vest-pocket.
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