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   Vest (vĕst), n. [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.]
   
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   1. An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
   
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   In state attended by her maiden train,
   
   Who bore the vests that holy rites require. Dryden.
   
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   2. Any outer covering; array; garb.
   
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   Not seldom clothed in radiant vest
   
   Deceitfully goes forth the morn. Wordsworth.
   
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   3. Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
   
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   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.
   
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   Vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.] [Cf. L. vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F. vêtir.  See Vest, n.]
   1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
   
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   Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Milton.
   
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   With ether vested, and a purple sky. Dryden.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Had I been vested with the monarch's power. Prior.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him. Locke.
   
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   4. To invest; to put; as, “to vest money in goods, land, or houses”.  [R.]
   
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   5. (Law) 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.
   
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   Vest (vĕst), v. i. 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”.
   
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