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Definition vest

Etymology

From French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-ti(h?)-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Spanish vestir.

Noun

vest (plural vests)

  1. (now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
  2. (now Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
  3. (Britain) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
  4. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
  5. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
  6. A vestment.
  7. Clothing generally; array; garb.

Verb

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

  1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
  2. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
  3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
  4. (obsolete) To invest; to put.
  5. (law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
  6. (law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
  7. (financial, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.

Results 404 Words with the letters VEST

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AVERTS 10
AVOSET 10
CIVETS 13
COVETS 13
DEVEST 11
DIVEST 11
DUVETS 12
EVENTS 11
EVERTS 10
EVICTS 13
EVITES 10
INVEST 11
LIVEST 11
REVEST 10
REVETS 10
RIVETS 10
SAVATE 10
SOVIET 10
STARVE 10
STAVED 11
STAVES 10
STEEVE 10
STIVER 10
STOVER 10
STOVES 10
STRIVE 10
STROVE 10
SVELTE 11
SWIVET 13
TRAVES 10
TROVES 10
TURVES 11
VALETS 11
VASTER 10
VELDTS 12
VERIST 10
VERSET 10
VERSTE 10
VERSTS 10
VERTUS 11
VESTAL 11
VESTAS 10
VESTED 11
VESTEE 10
VESTRY 12
VETOES 10
VILEST 11
VOLTES 11
VOTERS 10
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VEST 8
VETS 8
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VET 7
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