vestn.
/vɛst/, U.S. /vɛst/ 1. in extended use.1643 W. Davenant Vnfortunate Lovers i. i Not in his Perfume and Silks; but in his Iron Vest.1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 2 If we take a Bean then and dissect it, we shall find it cloathed with a double Vest or Coat.† d. Without article. Clothing, attire. rare.
a. A loose outer garment worn by men in Eastern countries or in ancient times; a robe or gown.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other
stolec950
paramentc1385
stolea1387
vestmentc1386
chimer1487
shemewe1517
parliament1537
Turkey gown1558
slop1570
blue gown1578
dolman1585
palliament1593
synthesis1606
vest1613
paramentoa1640
brandenburgh1676
khilat1684
spagnoleta1685
sultanea1685
sultana1693
garter-robes1702
under-robe1725
wrapper1725
stola1728
talar1738
negligée1755
jama1776
dust-gown1802
yukata1822
manga1824
gandoura1851
pheran1851
riga1851
shamma1862
choga1869
kanzu1870
kimono1886
holoku1893
mammy-cloth1952
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 20 We were forced to send his maister three verstes [sic] of cloth of gold, for beholding his person.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 Their [sc. Persians'] out Garment or Vest is commonly of Callico quilted with Cotton.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 131 Artaxerxes the Great gave Mithridates..a Gown or Vest of gold which he wore during a Royal banquet.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 93 The Persians made their long Vests of such Cloths.
1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vi. 63 Lucullus..being ask'd to furnish for a Play An hundred martial Vests.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 555 Putting off his vest Of softest texture.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xiv. 244 A hermit's vest Concealed his face.
1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 215 Kaeso then put on his vest, such as the Roman generals were used to wear in battle.
1842 R. H. Barham Fragm. in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 119 The slanting ray of the evening sun shone..With fitful light on regal vest, and warrior's sculptured mail.
b. A similar garment worn by women. Chiefly poetic.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > other
overslopOE
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tunic1609
sotana1622
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simar1636
manteau1638
peplum1656
peple1658
semar1673
mantua1678
manty1678
mant1694
vest1700
banian1725
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peplos1738
paletota1796
pellard1799
blouse1828
chiton1850
diploidion1850
shirtwaist1859
camorra1869
diplois1887
smock1907
kurta1913
Punjabi1937
kameez1955
kente cloth1957
camouflage smock1964
kanzu1969
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 56 Attended by her Maiden Train, Who bore the Vests that Holy Rites require.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 347 I found the Lady siting on her Sofa in a Sable vest.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxvii. 78 When my upper vest was taken off, they were apparently struck with the splendour of my cloaths.
1797 R. Southey Triumph of Woman 30 Thy daughters..for this high feast Weave the loose robe, and paint the flowery vest.
1801 W. Scott Glenfinlas in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 131 O gentle huntsman, hast thou seen,..A lovely maid in vest of green?
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 159 For vest of pall.
c. A garment, in various figurative uses.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of
raileOE
i-wedeOE
reafOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
back-cloth?c1225
hatter?c1225
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clothc1385
vestmentc1386
jeryne?a1400
clothinga1425
gilla1438
raiment1440
haterella1450
vestimenta1500
indumenta1513
paitclaith1550
casceis1578
attire1587
amice1600
implements1601
cladment1647
enduement1650
vest1655
body garment1688
wearable1711
sledo1719
rag1855
number1894
opaque1903
daytimer1936
1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 2 The fair woods..flourish'd in that youthful vest, With which their great Creator had them drest.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 790 The Ancient Asserters of the Souls Immortality, supposing it to have besides this Terrestrial Body, another Spirituous or Airy Body..as its Interiour Vest or Tunicle.
1747 W. Collins Odes 16 Truth, in sunny Vest array'd.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 262 When ev'ning in her sober vest Drew the grey curtain of the fading west.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas Ded. v, in Compl. Wks. (1904) 412 Light the vest of flowing metre She wears.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
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hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
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address1592
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vestament1632
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cask1646
aguise1647
back-timbera1656
investiture1660
rigging1664
drapery1686
vest1694
plumage1707
bussingc1712
hull1718
paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
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fig1839
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vestiture1841
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clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
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vine1959
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1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Epist. Lymosin 252 Our Means of Life are Pote, and Cibe, and Vest.
2. An ecclesiastical vestment. rare.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun]
church clothesa1200
vestimenta1250
vestmenta1400
vestc1660
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 263 The precious Vessells of Gold, Silver, and gemms, with the Vests & other incomparable services to be seene in the Sacristy.
1663 S. Pepys Diary 16 Feb. (1971) IV. 44 A priest was taken in his vests officiating somewhere in Holborne the other day.
1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 222 The initiate's vest..hung out under my cuirass.
1829 S. H. Cassan Lives Bishops of Bath & Wells 162 He gave also many splendid vests to the Churches of Bath and Wells.
3. in extended use.1830 J. G. Whittier Mogg Megone 1237 The rivets of the vest Which girds in steel his ample breast.1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. i. 28 A bird resembling our starling in size..and not unlike it in colour, with the exception of the rich rosy vest.1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) i Among the charms that dangled from this liquid chain—depending from the vest of a landscape, which ended in a ruffle of woods.
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a. A sleeveless garment of some length worn by men beneath the coat. (Introduced by Charles II: see first quot.) Now Historical.
b. A short garment worn beneath the coat or jacket as a usual part of male attire; a waistcoat. Now North American.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat
waistcoat1519
vest1666
petticoat1691
jacket1705
fecket1755
waistcoat-piece1789
under-waistcoat1794
vest-slip1920
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > other
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aba1792
Moldave1800
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lammy1886
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bluey1888
fatigue-blouse1890
sling-jacket1900
top1902
sun top1934
sillapak1942
tank top1949
ao dai1961
tank1985
1666 S. Pepys Diary 8 Oct. (1972) VII. 315 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.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 324 This day the King begins to put on his Vest..being a long Cassocke close to the body, of black cloth and pinked with white silk under it, and a coat over it, and the legs ruffled with black riband like a pigeon's leg.
1667 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 300 I doubt the old fellow must have a new vest and tunick.
1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iii. iii. 47 You are not To learn..how absolutely necessary A rich Vest and a Perruque are to a man that aims At their favours.
1712 Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb. Payd for mackin a west and briches for gouddins child, [£]0. 1. 6.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 95 She wore..a coat, vest, and hat, resembling those of a man.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lix. 532 Provided with some of the most splendid vests that Calcutta could furnish.
1907 Daily News 3 Sept. 3/2 Lightish striped cashmere trousers would not be correct..if worn with a dark blue coat and vest.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ix. 202 While he took off his coat and vest I told him all arrangements had been deferred.
1937 H. G. Wells Brynhild vii. 103 He was sitting without jacket or vest, looking neat and healthy in his shirt and black tie.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 7/3 Hooking his thumbs in his vest, he answered questions in a calm, almost offhand manner.
1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ii. 37 Bodger..tucked in his shirt, which was escaping..from under his tight vest.
c. A knitted or woven undergarment for the upper part of the body, worn next to the skin.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt
chemiseeOE
sarkOE
shirtOE
wyliecoat1478
semmitc1485
commission1567
shift1601
undershirt1648
mish1667
subucula1695
linder1768
surcoat1768
smish1807
under-vest1813
flesh-bag1819
under-tunic1819
vest1851
underfug1924
skivvy1932
wife-beater1993
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 583/1 Cotton,..spun silk, merino and Cashmere gentlemen's and ladies' vests.
1883 ‘Sylvia’ Lady's Guide Dressmaking xiii. 107 [List of under-linen], 4 merino vests, [£]0 5 9.
d. Part of a woman's dress bodice, consisting of a collar and front, usually of lace, net, silk, or other soft material.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > parts of > bodice > collar and front
vest1887
vestee1904
1887 Lady's World June 256/1 Vests of spotted kerseymere..are made with military collars and two pockets.
1913 Daily Graphic 26 Mar. 12/4 The bodices having vests and collars of écru lace.
1913 Play Pictorial No. 134. p. ii/1 It [a ‘waistcoat blouse’] has a soft net vest that ends in short sharp points.
e. A short, sleeveless jacket for a woman. U.S.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > sleeveless
sayon1802
vest1909
gilet1975
1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1974 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 14 Aug. iii. 1 (advt.) Plaid vest, 18.00.
1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. (Spring Fashion Suppl.) 11/1 Vests have never looked quite so fresh and right as they do this spring. They can be the perfect sleeveless jacket, topping all the softness.
f. A singlet denoting membership of a representative athletics team.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > sleeveless sports garment
vestee1943
vest1971
1971 N. Stacey Who Cares? ii. 25 It was harder to get a Blue than an international vest.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
vest-maker n.
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1879 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xliii I could be a confectioner, a milliner, a dressmaker, a vest-maker.
vest pattern n.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Vesting, cloth for vests; vest patterns.
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vest-pocket n. a pocket in a vest (sense 3b); also attributive as adj.: small enough to fit into a vest pocket, very small of its kind; also figurative.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container
pocket?1576
cabinet1696
pocketable1699
pocket-size1820
vest-pocket1823
cabinet-sized1883
suitcase1910
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat > parts of
waistcoat button1787
vest-pocket1823
Basque1860
1823 Massachusetts Spy 3 Dec. He found him asleep, took from his vest pocket the key [etc.].
1848 Sporting Life 29 July 274/1 This vest pocket companion for cricketers.
1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator 629 Toy peaks, and a dainty little vest-pocket Matterhorn.
1912 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 5 July 525 The vest-pocket ‘Tenax’ camera.
1931 Times 16 Mar. 1/3 (advt.) Unique vest-pocket treatment for catarrh.
1947 Horizon Apr. 152 Our provincial hotels with their vest~pocket electric fires.
1983 Chicago Sun-Times 9 July 15 Vest-pocket garden-parks provide relaxed places for people to interact with one another.
1984 Newslet. Amer. Dial. Soc. Sept. 23/1 He was responsible for..a series of popular vest-pocket dictionaries and reference books.
vest-pocket voter n. U.S. (see quot. 1888).
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > one who
plumper1761
faggot voter1818
repeater1862
vest-pocket voter1888
swing vote1966
ticket-splitter1972
tactical voter1974
1888 E. P. Allinson & B. Penrose in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxix. 217 The class of ‘vest-pocket voters’—men who come to the polls with their tickets made up, to the confusion of ‘the boys.’
vest-slip n. = sense 3b.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat
waistcoat1519
vest1666
petticoat1691
jacket1705
fecket1755
waistcoat-piece1789
under-waistcoat1794
vest-slip1920
1920 Punch 9 June 456/2 My top-hat was on my head and my vest-slip was all right.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. 4 He thinks you're not a gentleman... Because he comes from Oxford. You know, Dedalus, you have the real Oxford manner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
vestv.
/vɛst/, U.S. /vɛst/ I. To invest or endow with possession, and related uses.
1. transitive. To place, settle, or secure (something) in the possession of a person or persons; = invest v. 1c. Chiefly in passive, and usually const. in (rarely upon or with).
a. With reference to estates, rights, titles, etc.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)]
vestc1425
warrantisec1450
state1633
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xl. 7089 Al Gascon wiþe þe portynance To be insesit and westit He and al his ayris qwhit.
1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 147/1 That all such astate, title, right,..and possession..in the same persone and persones and their heires be vested.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 §7 The seid Castels..[shall] in the same persone or persones and their heires be vested and they therin be intiteled.
1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 244/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The right of which countie king Dauid affirmed to be iustlie in him..as truelie vested in his possession by the forfeiture.
1649 H. Hammond Vindic. Addresse 24 What is vested in me, I may give, or derive to another, what is intrusted onely, I cannot.
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 88 No Legiance is due to him, before the Crowne be vested upon him.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3830/4 Until all the said Estates and Interests vested in them are disposed of.
1758 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 68 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 The late act of parliament vesting the estates of certain traitors in his majesty.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 22 There were no words to vest the portions in the daughters till a marriage with consent.
1847 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 95 985 A Bill with this title to vest the ownership of the land in the present occupiers.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvi. 107 The Court may direct the parts so laid out to remain vested in the trustees.
b. With reference to power or authority.
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society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)]
invest1587
vest1659
settle1671
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxx. 17 Paraphr.) 399 By which the power is vested on him.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 98 The Government of Religion was vested in Princes by an antecedent right to Christ.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxxvii That power of abating Nusances..is vested in both of their Offices, both by Grant and Prescription.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 244 There is a particular jurisdiction vested in the officers.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 45 The right of voting is vested by burgess tenure in certain houses.
1801 Marquess Wellesley Let. 14 Nov. in Select. Despatches (1877) 210 It is my intention to proceed immediately to vest the administration of the ceded districts in the hands of the Company's civil servants.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. i. ii. 37 The government of the society thus constituted was vested in an absolute monarch.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 533 That vague power of recommending a successor which the Law vested in him.
c. transferred.
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1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 157 If completeness is thought to be vested in polish, and to be attainable by help of sand paper.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. iii. 79 Proud of this confidence and secret vested in him.
2. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 329 Of which the Irish that are vested by restoration, seem rather to take part with the divested.1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iv. 334 The Serjeant presently enquired for the principal Magistrate of the Town, and was informed by my Landlord, that he himself was vested in that Office. View more context for this quotation1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. v. 108 Miltiades thus vested in the supreme command [etc.].1905 Times 8 June 6/4 The Government proposed that the Free Church should be vested in the property to be allocated to her.figurative.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 126 Not all his most gracious and debonair mine towards them could vest him in that Nations affections.c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 29 In order to their being actually vested in that salvation.1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 442 All, who partake of this Nature, are not only certain of, but may in some sense be said already vested in, the Happiness, which [etc.].
a. To put, place, or establish (a person) in full or legal possession or occupation of something; = invest v. 1b. Chiefly in passive, and usually const. in (or †of).In early use only Scottish in the phrase vested (also vest) and seized.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective]
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society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > put (a person) in possession [verb (transitive)]
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seizec1290
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inseisinc1440
possessc1450
seisinc1450
vest1464
society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > settle property on
to make a statec1400
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vest1464
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estate1600
entitle1608
secure1615
1464 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 78 The said schir Robert deyt last ves [t] it and sesit as of fee.
1488 Acta Dom. Audit. (1839) 123/2 It beis prefit þat Williame þe barde deit last westit and Sesit in þe said landis.
1557 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 6 For sesing takyn of all landis Wilyam Paterson his fadyr deit last vestit and sesit conforme to his serwing.
1597 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 186 All landis, rowmes, heretageis,..quhairin he deitt last vest and seasit.
b. To invest (a person) with some quality, esp. power, authority, etc. Chiefly in passive.
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society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > invest a person with authority
authorize1440
invest1534
warrant1578
empower1641
facultate1648
vest1674
1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 126 It is his Person as vested with all his Offices, that is the immediate Fountain of all Grace unto us.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) iv. 67 He is vested with an unconceivable high degree of Glory.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 330 God's most glorious and best Creature,..vested with a reasonable Soul.
1727 D. Defoe Hist. Apparitions (1840) iv. 32 They may be reasonably supposed to be vested with the same powers.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 13 [He was] created a peer, and was soon after vested with the dignity of chancellor.
1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 361 For thee, who art vested with the mission of thy God and King.
1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 26 June in Dispatches (1837) II. 50 I further vest you with full powers to decide any question which may arise.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 288 To vest the officers of the Crown in India with powers independent of the Company.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 227 The Indian Government was vested with the power of sovereignty within its own limits.
c. To endow formally or legally with some possession or property.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > endow
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1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 52 This Company, in consideration of a sum paid to the King, is vested with the property of all diamonds found in Brazil.
1858 in J. B. Norton Topics 246 We propose..that every ryot should be vested with the freehold of his farm.
3. intransitive. To become vested (in a person); to pass into possession; to descend or devolve upon one as possessor.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [verb (intransitive)] > become vested or pass into possession
vest1592
1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §44 Euerie estate either executed maintenant, or executorie by limitation of use, which vesteth in possession by vertue of the Statute of 27 H. 8.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 105 In those daies the title vested not unlesse the child opened his eyes.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 497 If the Duke came to be King, the prerogative would by that vest in him.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 196 For the right of the crown vests..upon his heir.
1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 481 The court held.. that the whole vested in L., his executors and administrators.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 223 The principle..does not apply, if there be an express declaration that the land shall vest at twenty-one.
1865 J. R. Lowell Reconstruct. in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 227 In all cases of land granted to freedmen no title should vest till a fair price had been paid.
1885 Law Times Rep. 52 671/2 The property vests in the official receiver qua trustee.
II. To dress or apparel, and related uses.
4.
a. transitive. In past participle: Dressed, clothed, robed in some garment. Also without const. (spec. with reference to ecclesiastical vestments).
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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ii. 3 And heich abuf..cleirlie schane Aurora vestit into broun sanguane.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xi. 29 In rob ryall vestit,..And ryche purpour.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Rev. i. 13 One like to the Sonne of man, vested in a priestly garment to the foote.
1622 J. W. tr. C. Oudin Gram. Spanish 297 He..saies that a Frier stayes for you readie vested at the Altar.
a1668 W. Davenant Fair Favorite in Wks. (1673) 97 Your Brother (Madam) and he brings A Lady with him, vested like a Nun.
1673 J. Milton Sonnets xix, in Poems (new ed.) 61 My late espoused Saint..Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 92 The Priest being vested, sets about the Preparation of the Bread and Wine at the little Altar.
1761 Brit. Mag. 2 362 On the dexter side, a pilgrim or friar, vested in russet.
1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers (1903) I. i. v. 328 The thurifers and taper-bearers, in our large collegiate and cathedral churches, were vested in tunicles.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vi. 76 A priest, vested in surplice and stole.
b. transferred and figurative. Also const. with.
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1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. b Spirits according to Plato, are vested with a subtil body.
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 81 We see other living creatures come vested, armed, able immediately to find their pasture.
a1721 M. Prior Charles & Clenard in Dialogues of Dead ⁋18 Hast thou not seen me..vested in all the Types and Ornaments that Human Greatness is capable of receiving.
1805 D. Johnston Serm. for Blind 44 The brightest ornaments with which our natures can be vested.
1865 J. M. Neale Hymns Paradise 8 The Saints, in beauty vested.
5. Of a garment: to clothe or cover (a person). Also figurative. Cf. invest v. 2e.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)]
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to fig out1825
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to get up1858
habilitate1885
tailor1885
kit1919
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 18 Which plad vested Helen, from Greece when to Troy she flitted.
1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso xxi. 59 The light that vests me.
6. figurative.1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. ii. 71 Prepare their hearts, and in Humilitye New vest their Soules.
a. To dress (a person) in a robe or garment, esp. as a formal act or ceremony. Cf. invest v. 2.In the 17th cent. chiefly with reference to eastern usage.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > robe or robes
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re-robe1795
1648 W. L. Newes from Tvrkie 7 My Lord was privatly informed he intended an affront by not Vesting him.
1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 137 To draw him near the City, he Vested and Caressed some of his Followers.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 468 The Speaker..vested him with a rich purple Velvet Robe lined with Ermines.
1828 A. Jolly Observ. Sunday Services 167 The words formerly pronounced at vesting the baptised with their white garments, were very solemnly expressive.
1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi viii. 292 The Charites receive her on her return from the scene of the Net to Cyprus, where they bathe, anoint, and vest her.
b. Christian Church. To drape or cover (an altar).
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society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [verb (transitive)] > provide or cover with
stolec1475
vest1848
1848 C. H. Hartshorne Eng. Medieval Embroidery 130 The sides [of the altar] must be covered or vested... Where the table stands away from the wall, the back must be vested likewise.
1867 Portuary Cal. p. v Our right..to vest the Altar in colours..is grounded on the old law of the English church.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 305 It is best for the ends as well as the front of an altar to be vested.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 641/2 Altars are ‘vested’ during service; that is, covered with cloths of various kinds.
7.
a. reflexive. To apparel or robe (oneself), esp. in ecclesiastical vestments. Also figurative.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (reflexive)] > clothe in
revesta1325
vest1670
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 55 Thinking it had been a Priest putting on the Amice and vesting himself for to say Masse.
1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions iv. 29 If we grant that Spirit..may vest it self so with Flesh and Blood.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VII. c. 395 I shall vest myself, as I may say, in classical armour.
c1771 in E. H. Burton Life Bp. Challoner (1909) I. ix. 140 Just before the Bishop vested himself to say Mass.
1892 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy III. iii. 17 There are who vest and veil themselves.
1905 R. Bagot Passport xvii. 159 Don Agostino disappeared into the sacristy to vest himself.
b. absol. in the same sense.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (intransitive)] > clothe in
vest1882
1882 W. Maskell Anc. Liturgy (ed. 3) 219 A common custom..that the priest (whether or not he vested before the altar) should vest in the sanctuary.
1892 in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 657 The imposing procession..moved..up the main aisle to the sanctuary where the celebrant vested.
III. To invest, in the hope of profit.
8. transitive. = invest v. 8a. Now rare or Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > invest
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1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 41 The Merchant..vesting this Hundred Pounds in English Goods.
1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iii. 64 He was then in good circumstances, and it was said came to vest his money in our stocks.
1794 E. Burke Let. 30 Nov. in Corr. (1969) VIII. 86 He vested in some kind of property,..all, or almost all, that he had brought out of France.
1804 Earl of Lauderdale Inq. Nature & Origin Public Wealth iii. 186 He vests his capital either in seed..or in a stock of cattle.
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation Introd. 12 Dutch capitalists were tempted to vest very large sums in foreign countries.
1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 20 The returns for vested capital and the comfort of the working classes both [being] considered.
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