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vest  (vst)

n.

1. A sleeveless garment, often having buttons down the front, worn usually over a shirt or blouse and sometimes as part of a three-piece suit.

2. A waist-length, sleeveless garment worn for protection: a warm down vest; a bulletproof vest.

3. A fabric trim worn to fill in the neckline of a woman's garment; a vestee.

4. Chiefly British An undershirt.

5.

a. Archaic Clothing; raiment.

b. Obsolete An ecclesiastical vestment.

v. vest·ed, vest·ing, vests

v.tr.

1. To place (authority, property, or rights, for example) in the control of a person or group, especially to give someone an immediate right to present or future possession or enjoyment of (an estate, for example). Used with in: vested his estate in his daughter.

2. To invest or endow (a person or group) with something, such as power or rights. Used with with: vested the council with broad powers; vests its employees with full pension rights after five years of service.

3. To clothe or robe, as in ecclesiastical vestments.

v.intr.

1. To become legally vested.

2. To dress oneself, especially in ecclesiastical vestments.

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[French veste, robe, from Italian vesta, from Latin vestis, garment; see wes-² in Indo-European roots.]

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vest

Noun

1. Brit an undergarment covering the top half of the body

2. US, Canad, & Austral a waistcoat

Verb

1. vest in to settle (power or property) on: by the power vested in me, I pronounce you man and wife

2. vest with to bestow on: the sponsorship has vested these matches with a new interest [Latin vestis clothing]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vest - a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat waistcoat bulletproof vest - a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" three-piece suit - a business suit consisting of a jacket and vest and trousers
	2.	vest - a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body singlet, undershirt undergarment, unmentionable - a garment worn under other garments
Verb	1.	vest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" enthrone, invest instal, install - put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election" consecrate, ordinate, ordain, order - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" coronate, crown - invest with regal power; enthrone; "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey" enthrone, throne - put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" ordain - invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
	2.	vest - place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons" give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" vest - become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees"
	3.	vest - become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees" change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" vest - place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"
	4.	vest - clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments dress, dress up - dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" robe, vest - clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
	5.	vest - clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes robe apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, habilitate, fit out, dress - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" vest - clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments

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vest

verb

vest in something or someone (usually passive) place, invest, entrust, settle, lodge, confer, endow, bestow, consign, put in the hands of, be devolved upon

vest with something (usually passive) endow with, furnish with, entrust with, empower with, authorize with

Translations

vest [vɛst] n (BRIT) → camiseta;

(US) (= waistcoat); chaleco

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vest [vɛst] n (Brit) (= underwear); tricot m de corps;

(US) (= waistcoat); gilet m

vt to vest sb with sth, to vest sth in sb → investir qn de qch

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vest [vɛst] n (Brit) (underwear) → Unterhemd nt;

(US) (waistcoat) → Weste f

vt to vest sb with sth, vest sth in sb → jdm etw verleihen

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vest [vɛst] n (BRIT) → maglia: (sleeveless) → canottiera;

(US) (= waistcoat); gilè m inv

vt to vest sb with sth: to vest sth in sb → conferire qc a qn