be vested in sb/sth
also be vested with sth formal— phrasal verb with vest uk/vest/us/vest/verb
If power or authority is vested in someone or something, or if someone or something is vested with power or authority, it is officially given to him, her, or it:
"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife." (= said by a minister or official marrying two people)
He has been vested with the power/authority to implement whatever changes he sees fit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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