vest

Speech parts

1. vest - Noun

2. vest - Adjective

3. vest - Verb

4. Vest - Proper noun

Meaning

An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

Any outer covering; array; garb.

Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.

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, 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.

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.

To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

robe waistcoat dress singlet invest enthrone undershirt tank top spencer jersey Britain guernsey blazer place suit
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Antonyms

accept block bar ban deny blame
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Hypernyms

give clothing dress tog install garment

Hyponyms

crown order consecrate throne ordain ordinate

Phrases with the word

weighted vest armored vest inflatable vest quilted vest play it close to the vest bullet proof vest

Derivatives

vested vesting vest

Examples

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. Walter Benjamin

When we vest our personal opinions with the trappings of religion, we make religion the servant of our politics. John Danforth

I have a vest. If I had my arms cut off, it would be a jacket. Mitch Hedberg

[Islam] leaves no room of human legislation in an Islamic state, because herein all legislative functions vest in God and the only function left for Muslims lies in their observance of the God-made law. Abul Ala Maududi

In America, if a Democrat even thinks you're calling him liberal he grabs an orange vest and a rifle and heads into the woods to kill something. Bill Maher

Just put it in your vest as a truthǃ. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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