VERB
  • Definition - To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
  • Definition - To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
  • Example - to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
  • Definition - To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
  • Example - The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
  • Definition - To invest; to put.
  • Example - to vest money in goods, land, or houses
  • Definition - To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
  • Example - an estate is vested in possession
  • Definition - (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
  • Example - Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
  • Definition - (financial) To become vested, to become permanent.
  • Example - My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.
  • Example - My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
  • Definition - Dressed or clothed, especially in vestments.
  • Example - The Pope, vested in mitre and cope, is greeted by a newly created Cardinal.
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
devest 10 vested 10
5 Letter Words
deets 6 steed 6
4 Letter Words
devs 8 eves 7 vees 7 vest 7 vets 7 dees 5 deet 5 seed 5 teds 5 teed 5 tees 4
3 Letter Words
dev 7 eve 6 sev 6 vee 6 vet 6 dee 4 eds 4 ted 4 est 3 see 3 set 3 tee 3 tes 3
2 Letter Words
de 3 ed 3 es 2 et 2 te 2
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