Definition of vest

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Vest (n.) 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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Harvesting :: Harvesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harves.
Harvester :: Harvester (n.) A harvesting ant.
Travesty :: Travesty (v. t.) To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous..
Investigable :: Investigable (a.) Unsearchable; inscrutable.
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck..
Power :: Power (n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power..
Sylvicoline :: Sylvic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species)..
Phalangoidea :: Phalangoidea (n. pl.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea..
Chasuble :: Chasuble (n.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle..
Foison :: Foison (n.) Rich harvest; plenty; abundance.
Slashed :: Slashed (a.) Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture..
Ascertainment :: Ascertainment (n.) The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery.
Pathologist :: Pathologist (n.) One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases..
Unmagistrate :: Unmagistrate (v. t.) To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate.
Harvesting :: Harvesting () a. & n., from Harvest, v. t..
Devest :: Devest (v. t.) To divest; to undress.
Integument :: Integument (n.) That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular..
Physiologize :: Physiologize (v. i.) To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.
Harvestless :: Harvestless (a.) Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
Possession :: Possession (v. t.) To invest with property.
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