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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Vest :: Vest (n.) An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..
Ambient :: Ambient (n.) Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient..
Raiment :: Raiment (n.) Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense..
Drama :: Drama (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To confer; to give.
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..
Apparel :: Apparel (n.) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
Diarchy :: Diarchy (n.) A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.
Recorporification :: Recorporification (n.) The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body.
Inquirer :: Inquirer (n.) One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator.
Cement :: Cement (n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.
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..
Funding :: Funding (a.) Investing in the public funds.
Zend-avesta :: Zend-Avesta (n.) The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date..
Disinterest :: Disinterest (v. t.) To divest of interest or interested motives.
Judiciary :: "Judiciary (n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary..
Sacristy :: Sacristy (n.) An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry..
Plentiful :: Plentiful (a.) Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water..
Institution :: Institution (n.) The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge..
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