vest /vest/

1. An undergarment for the top half of the body, an undershirt
2. A waistcoat (chiefly N American)
3. An additional facing to the front of a bodice
4. Garb, dress (obsolete)
5. A garment (obsolete)
6. A robe (obsolete)
7. A vestment (obsolete)

1. To invest
2. To settle, secure, or put in fixed right of possession (law)
3. To endow (law)
4. To clothe, robe, put vestments on (archaic)
5. To drape (an altar)

(of a right, etc) to descend, devolve, or take effect

vestˈed adjective

1. Clad, robed, wearing vestments
2. Not contingent or suspended, hence (law) already acquired

vestˈing noun

1. The act or fact of clothing, investing, securing legally, etc
2. Material for waistcoats

vested interest noun

1. A particular interest in the continuance of an existing system, institution, etc, for personal reasons, often financial
2. An entitlement or interest under a will or trust that is not contingent or defeasible (Scots law)
3. (in pl) interests already established
4. (in pl) the class of persons who have acquired rights or powers in any sphere of a country's activities

vest pocket noun

A waistcoat-pocket

vestˈ-pocket adjective

Small enough to go into one (also figurative)

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