VESTS
Proper noun
Vests
plural of Vest
Noun
vests
plural of vest
Verb
vests
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vest
Source: Wiktionary
VEST
Vest, n. Etym: [L. vestis a garment, vesture; akin to Goth. wasti,
and E. wear: cf. F. veste. See Wear to carry on the person, and cf.
Divest, Invest, Travesty.]
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.
Syn.
– Garment; vesture; dress; robe; vestment; waistcoat.
– Vest, Waistcoat. In England, the original word waistcoat is
generally used for the body garment worn over the shirt and
immediately under the coat. In the United States this garment is
commonly called a vest, and the waistcoat is often improperly given
to an under-garment.
Vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.] Etym:
[Cf. L. vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F. vĂȘtir. See Vest, n.]
1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to
robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
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.
[R.]
5. (Law)
Definition: 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. Bouvier.
Vest, v. i.
Definition: 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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition