Definition of vest

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Vest (n.) 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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Petrography :: Petrography (n.) The scientific description of rocks; that department of science which investigates the constitution of rocks; petrology.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority..
Vested :: Vested (a.) Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.
Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..
Ethnographer :: Ethnographer (n.) One who investigates ethnography.
Reinvestigate :: Reinvestigate (v. t.) To investigate again.
Diarchy :: Diarchy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.
Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns..
Governor :: Governor (n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania..
Vestibular :: Vestibular (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule.
King :: King (n.) A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince..
Attach :: Attach (v. i.) To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach..
Evestigate :: Evestigate (v. t.) To investigate.
Vestiarian :: Vestiarian (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments.
Question :: Question (n.) Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question..
Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun..
Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls..
Inquisitive :: Inquisitive (a.) Given to examination, investigation, or research; searching; curious..
Legate :: Legate (n.) An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
Vesta :: Vesta (n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807..
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