vest
Plural: vests
Noun
- a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
- A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
- A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
- A vestment.
- Clothing generally; array; garb.
- A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
Verb
Verb Forms: vested, vesting, vests
- To confer power or property on; to put into possession.
- provide with power and authority
- "They vested the council with special rights"
- place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
- "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"
- become legally vested
- "The property vests in the trustees"
- clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
- clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
- 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 place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
- To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
- (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
- To become vested, to become permanent.
- To invest; to put.
Examples
- an estate is vested in possession
- My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
- The final triple-word score will VEST the victory squarely with the current player.
- The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
- to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
- to vest a person with an estate
- to vest money in goods, land, or houses
- Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
Origin / Etymology
From French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
vest: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvest: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vest: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
vest: valid Words With Friends Word