Definition of vest

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Vest (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..

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Disinterest :: Disinterest (v. t.) To divest of interest or interested motives.
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..
Analogism :: Analogism (n.) Investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest..
Enthrone :: Enthrone (v. t.) To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity..
Titulary :: Titulary (n.) A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not..
Vest :: 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..
Devest :: Devest (v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate..
Endue :: Endue (v. t.) To invest.
Harvester :: Harvester (n.) One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
Investigating :: Investigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Investigat.
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis..
Investigate :: Investigate (v. i.) To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.
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..
Garter :: Garter (v. t.) To invest with the Order of the Garter.
Harvest :: Harvest (n.) The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn..
Energetics :: Energetics (n.) That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena..
Hast :: Hast () 2d pers. sing. pres. of. Have, contr. of havest..
Disinvestiture :: Disinvestiture (n.) The act of depriving of investiture.
Vestry :: Vestry (n.) A body, composed of wardens and vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its temporal concerns..
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