Vest

n.	1.
	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.
v. t.	1.	To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.] 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.
	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.
v. i.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	vest - a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat Synonyms: waistcoat
	2.	vest - a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body Synonyms: singlet, undershirt
Verb	1.	vest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" Synonyms: enthrone, invest
	2.	vest - 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.	vest - become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees"
	4.	vest - clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
	5.	vest - clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes Synonyms: robe

TO VEST, estates. To give an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment; an estate is vested in possession when there exists a right of present enjoyment; and an estate is vested in interest, when there is a present fixed right of future, enjoyment. Feame on Rem. 2; vide 2 Rop on Leg. 757; 8 Com. Dig. App. h.t.; 1 Vern. 323, n.; 10 Vin. Ab. 230; 1 Suppl. to Ves. jr. 200, 242, 315, 434; 2 Id. 157 5 Ves. 511.

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