vest

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.

1. A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.

   “The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.”

2. A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
3. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
4. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.

   “He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest if you could still get gunned to death?”

5. A vestment.

   “In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.”

6. Clothing generally; array; garb.

   “Not seldom, clad in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn.”

7. A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.

verb

Etymology: Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.

1. 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.”

   “With ether vested, and a purple sky.”

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”

   “Had thy poor breast receiv’d an equal pain; / Had I been vested with the monarch’s power; / Thou must have sigh’d, unlucky youth, in vain; / Nor from my bounty hadst thou found a cure.”

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.”

   “, Book I Empire and dominion […] was vested in him.”

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”

   “an estate is vested in possession”

5. (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. 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.”

   “If you doubt that you'll stick around at the company long enough for your options to vest, you should discount the value for that uncertainty as well.”

7. To invest; to put.

   “to vest money in goods, land, or houses”