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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Evestigate :: Evestigate (v. t.) To investigate.
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical..
Investigated :: Investigated (imp. & p. p.) of Investigat.
Vest :: Vest (n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
Vest :: Vest (n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.
Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt..
Lease :: Lease (v. i.) To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe..
Divestible :: Divestible (a.) Capable of being divested.
Raiment :: Raiment (n.) Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense..
Vest :: Vest (n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat..
Sceptre :: Sceptre (v. t.) To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory..
Incarn :: Incarn (v. t.) To cover or invest with flesh.
Travesting :: Travesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Travest.
Fated :: Fated (p. p. & a.) Invested with the power of determining destiny.
Officer :: Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer..
Unprince :: Unprince (v. t.) To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty.
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridae. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest..
Vestigate :: Vestigate (v. t.) To investigate.
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