VESTURED

Verb

vestured

simple past tense and past participle of vesture

Source: Wiktionary


Ves"tured, a.

Definition: Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped. We be vestured with poor cloth. Ld. Berners.

VESTURE

Ves"ture, n. Etym: [OF. vesture, vesteure, F. vêture, LL. vestitura, from L. vestire to clothe, dress. See Vest, v. t., and cf. Vestiture.]

1. A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope. Piers Plowman. Approach, and kiss her sacred vesture's hem. Milton. Rocks, precipices, and gulfs, appareled with a vesture of plants. Bentley. There polished chests embroidered vestures graced. Pope.

2. (O. Eng. Law) (a) The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre. (b) Seizin; possession.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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