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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Unpope :: Unpope (v. t.) To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope..
Perichondrium :: Perichondrium (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces..
Capital :: Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a..
Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry.
Materialize :: Materialize (v. t.) To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects..
Commandress :: Commandress (n.) A woman invested with authority to command.
Anteportico :: Anteportico (n.) An outer porch or vestibule.
Divest :: Divest (v. t.) To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest..
Harvest-home :: Harvest-home (n.) The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.
Indue :: Indue (v. t.) To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities..
Conference :: Conference (n.) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters..
Hydrocele :: Hydrocele (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle..
Incarnate :: Incarnate (v. t.) To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature..
Undeck :: Undeck (v. t.) To divest of ornaments.
Drama :: Drama (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
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..
Disrobe :: Disrobe (v. t. & i.) To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure..
Salutatory :: Salutatory (n.) A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
Invest :: Invest (v. i.) To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in..
Azoic :: Azoic (a.) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks..
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