vesteth

Verb

vest (third-person singular simple present vests, present participle vesting, simple past and past participle vested)

1. (passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
   • Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.1673, John Milton, Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint
2. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
   • to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
   • The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
4. To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
   • to vest a person with an estate
5. (intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
   • Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
6. (intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.
   • My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.

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