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–adjective

1.	held completely, permanently, and inalienably: vested rights.

2.	protected or established by law, commitment, tradition, ownership, etc.: vested contributions to a fund.

3.	clothed or robed, esp. in ecclesiastical vestments: a vested priest.

4.	having a vest; sold with a vest: a vested suit.

[Origin: 1665–75; vest + -ed²

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n.

A sleeveless garment, often having buttons down the front, worn usually over a shirt or blouse and sometimes as part of a three-piece suit.
A waist-length, sleeveless garment worn for protection: a warm down vest; a bulletproof vest.
A fabric trim worn to fill in the neckline of a woman's garment; a vestee.
Chiefly British An undershirt.
1. Archaic Clothing; raiment.
2. Obsolete An ecclesiastical vestment.

v. vest·ed, vest·ing, vests

v. tr.

To place (authority, property, or rights, for example) in the control of a person or group, especially to give someone an immediate right to present or future possession or enjoyment of (an estate, for example). Used with in: vested his estate in his daughter.
To invest or endow (a person or group) with something, such as power or rights. Used with with: vested the council with broad powers; vests its employees with full pension rights after five years of service.
To clothe or robe, as in ecclesiastical vestments.

v. intr.

To become legally vested.
To dress oneself, especially in ecclesiastical vestments.

[French veste, robe, from Italian vesta, from Latin vestis, garment; see wes-² in Indo-European roots.]

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vest·ed Audio Help (věs'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Law Settled, fixed, or absolute; being without contingency: a vested right.
Dressed or clothed, especially in ecclesiastical vestments.

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vested
adjective
fixed and absolute and without contingency; "a vested right"

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: vest·ed
Pronunciation: 'ves-t&d
Function: adjective
1 : fully and absolutely established as a right, benefit, or privilege :not dependent on any contingency or condition; specifically : not subject to forfeiture if employment terminates before retirement <vested pension benefits>
2: having a vested interest <a vested employee> <a vested beneficiary>

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Vested

Vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.] [Cf. L. vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F. v[^e]tir. See Vest, n.]

1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. --Milton.

With ether vested, and a purple sky. --Dryden.

2. 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.

Had I been vested with the monarch's power. --Prior.

3. 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.

Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him. --Locke.

4. To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. [R.]

5. (Law) 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. --Bouvier.

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