verb Download 🔗Share To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. Examples : "The teacher vested the new student in a beautiful, embroidered robe for the special ceremony. " appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred. Examples : "to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death" politics government law business state right Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor. Examples : "The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts." government law politics property right business state finance economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To invest; to put. Examples : "to vest money in goods, land, or houses" business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of. Examples : "an estate is vested in possession" property right business law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended. Examples : "Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality." property law family finance asset Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (financial) To become vested, to become permanent. Examples : "My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit." business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies. Examples : "After working at the company for five years, her vacation time became vested, meaning she could take it even if she left her job. " law business finance property Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Dressed or clothed, especially in vestments. Examples : "The Pope, vested in mitre and cope, is greeted by a newly created Cardinal." appearance wear Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading