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vest

  [vest]
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–noun
1. a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
2. a part or trimming simulating the front of such a garment; vestee. Compare dickey 1 (def. 1).
3. a waist-length garment worn for protective purposes: a bulletproof vest.
4. a sleeveless, waist- or hip-length garment made of various materials, with a front opening usually secured by buttons, a zipper, or the like, worn over a shirt, blouse, dress, or other article for style or warmth: a sweater vest; a down vest.
5. British. an undervest or undershirt.
6. a long garment resembling a cassock, worn by men in the time of Charles II.
7. Archaic.
a. dress; apparel.
b. an outer garment, robe, or gown.
c. an ecclesiastical vestment.
–verb (used with object)
8. to clothe; dress; robe.
9. to dress in ecclesiastical vestments: to vest a bishop.
10. to cover or drape (an altar).
11. to place or settle (something, esp. property, rights, powers, etc.) in the possession or control of someone (usually fol. by in): to vest authority in a new official.
12. to invest or endow (a person, group, committee, etc.) with something, as powers, functions, or rights: to vest the board with power to increase production; to vest an employee with full benefits in the pension plan.
–verb (used without object)
13. to put on vestments.
14. to become vested in a person, as a right.
15. to devolve upon a person as possessor; pass into possession or ownership.
—Idiom
16. play it close to the vest, Informal. to avoid taking unnecessary risks.
Origin:
1375–1425; (n.) late ME < It veste robe, dress < L vestis garment; (v.) late ME < MF vestir < L vestīre to clothe, deriv. of vestis; akin to wear

Related forms:
vestless, adjective
vestlike, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
vest

  1. n.
    an important businessman or businesswoman. (See also suit.) : Some vest jumped out the window this afternoon.
  2. n.
    a bullet-proof vest. : The cop wasn't wearing a vest, and the shot killed him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

vest  (n.)
1613, "loose outer garment" (worn by men in Eastern countries or in ancient times), from Fr. veste, from It. vesta, veste "robe, gown," from L. vestis, from vestire "to clothe" (see vest (v.)). The sleeveless garment worn by men beneath the coat was introduced by Charles II.
"The King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes .... It will be a vest, I know not well how; but it is to teach the nobility thrift." [Pepys, "Diary," Oct. 8, 1666]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: vest
Function: verb
Etymology: Anglo-French vestir, literally, to clothe, from Old French, from Latin vestire
transitive verb 1 a : to place in the possession, discretion, or province of some person or authority vested in a Congress of the United States —U.S. Constitution article I> vests jurisdiction in the appeals court>; specifically : to give to a person a fixed and immediate right of present or future enjoyment of (as an estate) vested in the beneficiary> b : to grant or endow with a particular authority, right, or property <vest a judge with discretion> intransitive verb : to become vested; specifically : to entitle one unconditionally to the payment of pension benefits upon termination or retirement vest after ten years with the company> —compare MATURE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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