(n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment;
a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
(n.) Any outer covering; array; garb.
(n.) Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for
men, worn under the coat.
(n.) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress;
to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
(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.
(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.
(n.) To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or
houses.
(n.) 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.
(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.
