vested

Verb

• 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
• clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
• clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
• simple past and past participle of vest

Adjective Satellite

• fixed and absolute and without contingency
  • "a vested right"

Adj

• Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.
• Dressed or clothed, especially in vestments.

Examples

• All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
• The Pope, vested in mitre and cope, is greeted by a newly created Cardinal.

Synonyms

enthrone, invest, robe, vest, clad, clothed, raimented

Antonyms

divest

Anagrams of vested