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   Vest , 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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   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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   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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   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.]
   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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   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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   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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   To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. [R.]
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   (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 , 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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