KJV Dictionary - vest
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VEST
VEST, n. L. vestis, a coat or garment; vestio, to cover or clothe.
1. An outer garment.
Over his lucid arms a military vest of purple flow'd.
2. In common speech, a man's under garment; a short garment covering the body, but without sleeves, worn under the coat; called also waistcoat.
VEST, v.t.
1. To clothe; to cover, surround or encompass closely.
With ether vested and a purple sky.
2. To dress; to clothe with a long garment; as the vested priest.
To vest with, to clothe; to furnish with; to invest with; as, to vest a man with authority; to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death; to vest one with the right of seizing slave ships.
Had I been vested with the monarch's pow'r.
To vest in, to put in possession of; to furnish with; to clothe with. The supreme executive power in England is vested in the king; in the United States, it is vested in the president.
2. To clothe with another form; to convert into another substance or species of property; as, to vest money in goods; to vest money in land or houses; to vest money in bank stock, or in six per cent stock; to vest all one's property in the public funds.
VEST, v.i. To come or descend to; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right. Upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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