vestn.

Brit.

/vɛst/, U.S.

/vɛst/

Forms: Also 1700s dialect west.

Etymology: < French veste, < Italian veste (also vesta) robe, gown < Latin vest-em, vestis garment, attire, clothing, cognate with Greek ἐσθής, Sanskrit vastra. Compare Spanish veste garment, † vesta vest, Portuguese veste garment, vestia vest.

a. A loose outer garment worn by men in Eastern countries or in ancient times; a robe or gown.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other

stolec950

paramentc1385

stolea1387

vestmentc1386

chimer1487

shemewe1517

parliament1537

Turkey gown1558

slop1570

blue gown1578

dolman1585

palliament1593

synthesis1606

vest1613

paramentoa1640

brandenburgh1676

khilat1684

spagnoleta1685

sultanea1685

sultana1693

garter-robes1702

under-robe1725

wrapper1725

stola1728

talar1738

negligée1755

jama1776

dust-gown1802

yukata1822

manga1824

gandoura1851

pheran1851

riga1851

shamma1862

choga1869

kanzu1870

kimono1886

holoku1893

mammy-cloth1952

1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 20 We were forced to send his maister three verstes [sic] of cloth of gold, for beholding his person.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 Their [sc. Persians'] out Garment or Vest is commonly of Callico quilted with Cotton.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 131 Artaxerxes the Great gave Mithridates..a Gown or Vest of gold which he wore during a Royal banquet.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 93 The Persians made their long Vests of such Cloths.

1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vi. 63 Lucullus..being ask'd to furnish for a Play An hundred martial Vests.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 555 Putting off his vest Of softest texture.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xiv. 244 A hermit's vest Concealed his face.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 215 Kaeso then put on his vest, such as the Roman generals were used to wear in battle.

1842 R. H. Barham Fragm. in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 119 The slanting ray of the evening sun shone..With fitful light on regal vest, and warrior's sculptured mail.

in extended use.1643 W. Davenant Vnfortunate Lovers i. i Not in his Perfume and Silks; but in his Iron Vest.1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 2 If we take a Bean then and dissect it, we shall find it cloathed with a double Vest or Coat.

b. A similar garment worn by women. Chiefly poetic.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > other

overslopOE

golionc1290

jupec1290

herigaut1297

rocketc1300

tabardc1300

rocheta1325

suckeny?a1366

hanselinc1386

slopc1386

stolea1387

houpland1392

frockc1400

gipec1400

under-frock1547

vochette1548

shirt1553

rubashka1587

camis1590

gorbelly1598

kebaya1598

tunic1609

sotana1622

supertunic1626

simar1636

manteau1638

peplum1656

peple1658

semar1673

mantua1678

manty1678

mant1694

vest1700

banian1725

galabiya1725

peplos1738

paletota1796

pellard1799

blouse1828

chiton1850

diploidion1850

shirtwaist1859

camorra1869

diplois1887

smock1907

kurta1913

Punjabi1937

kameez1955

kente cloth1957

camouflage smock1964

kanzu1969

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 56 Attended by her Maiden Train, Who bore the Vests that Holy Rites require.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 347 I found the Lady siting on her Sofa in a Sable vest.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxvii. 78 When my upper vest was taken off, they were apparently struck with the splendour of my cloaths.

1797 R. Southey Triumph of Woman 30 Thy daughters..for this high feast Weave the loose robe, and paint the flowery vest.

1801 W. Scott Glenfinlas in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 131 O gentle huntsman, hast thou seen,..A lovely maid in vest of green?

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 159 For vest of pall.

c. A garment, in various figurative uses.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of

raileOE

i-wedeOE

reafOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

back-cloth?c1225

hatter?c1225

clouta1300

coverturec1300

garment1340

vesturec1384

clothc1385

vestmentc1386

jeryne?a1400

clothinga1425

gilla1438

raiment1440

haterella1450

vestimenta1500

indumenta1513

paitclaith1550

casceis1578

attire1587

amice1600

implements1601

cladment1647

enduement1650

vest1655

body garment1688

wearable1711

sledo1719

rag1855

number1894

opaque1903

daytimer1936

1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 2 The fair woods..flourish'd in that youthful vest, With which their great Creator had them drest.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 790 The Ancient Asserters of the Souls Immortality, supposing it to have besides this Terrestrial Body, another Spirituous or Airy Body..as its Interiour Vest or Tunicle.

1747 W. Collins Odes 16 Truth, in sunny Vest array'd.

1781 W. Cowper Charity 262 When ev'ning in her sober vest Drew the grey curtain of the fading west.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas Ded. v, in Compl. Wks. (1904) 412 Light the vest of flowing metre She wears.

†d. Without article. Clothing, attire. rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]

clothesc888

hattersOE

shroudc1000

weedOE

shrouda1122

clothc1175

hatteringa1200

atourc1220

back-clout?c1225

habit?c1225

clothingc1275

cleadinga1300

dubbinga1300

shroudinga1300

attirec1300

coverturec1300

suitc1325

apparel1330

buskingc1330

farec1330

harness1340

tire1340

backs1341

geara1350

apparelmentc1374

attiringa1375

vesturec1385

heelinga1387

vestmentc1386

arraya1400

graitha1400

livery1399

tirementa1400

warnementa1400

arrayment1400

parelc1400

werlec1400

raiment?a1425

robinga1450

rayc1450

implements1454

willokc1460

habiliment1470

emparelc1475

atourement1481

indumenta1513

reparel1521

wearing gear1542

revesture1548

claesc1550

case1559

attirement1566

furniture1566

investuring1566

apparelling1567

dud1567

hilback1573

wear1576

dress1586

enfolding1586

caparison1589

plight1590

address1592

ward-ware1598

garnish1600

investments1600

ditement1603

dressing1603

waith1603

thing1605

vestry1606

garb1608

outwall1608

accoutrementa1610

wearing apparel1617

coutrement1621

vestament1632

vestiment1637

equipage1645

cask1646

aguise1647

back-timbera1656

investiture1660

rigging1664

drapery1686

vest1694

plumage1707

bussingc1712

hull1718

paraphernalia1736

togs1779

body clothing1802

slough1808

toggery1812

traps1813

garniture1827

body-clothes1828

garmenture1832

costume1838

fig1839

outfit1840

vestiture1841

outer womana1845

outward man1846

vestiary1846

rag1855

drag1870

clo'1874

parapherna1876

clobber1879

threads1926

mocker1939

schmatte1959

vine1959

kit1989

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Epist. Lymosin 252 Our Means of Life are Pote, and Cibe, and Vest.

2. An ecclesiastical vestment. rare.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun]

church clothesa1200

vestimenta1250

vestmenta1400

vestc1660

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 263 The precious Vessells of Gold, Silver, and gemms, with the Vests & other incomparable services to be seene in the Sacristy.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 16 Feb. (1971) IV. 44 A priest was taken in his vests officiating somewhere in Holborne the other day.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 222 The initiate's vest..hung out under my cuirass.

1829 S. H. Cassan Lives Bishops of Bath & Wells 162 He gave also many splendid vests to the Churches of Bath and Wells.

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a. A sleeveless garment of some length worn by men beneath the coat. (Introduced by Charles II: see first quot.) Now Historical.

b. A short garment worn beneath the coat or jacket as a usual part of male attire; a waistcoat. Now North American.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat

waistcoat1519

vest1666

petticoat1691

jacket1705

fecket1755

waistcoat-piece1789

under-waistcoat1794

vest-slip1920

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > other

kirtlec893

viteroke?c1225

bleauntc1314

surcoata1330

paltock1353

courtepy1362

tunicle1377

gipona1387

juponc1400

petticoatc1425

wardecorpsc1440

placard1483

galbart1488

corsletc1500

truss1563

gippo1617

juste-au-corps1656

fore-belly1663

vest1666

justicoat1669

coat1670

amiculum1722

arba kanfot1738

slip1762

hap-warm1773

aba1792

Moldave1800

abaya1810

saya1811

tzitzit1816

cote-hardie1834

tobe1835

yelek1836

panties1845

cyclas1846

exomis1850

himation1850

jumper1853

blouse1861

peplum1866

exomion1875

confection1885

lammy1886

surquayne1887

bluey1888

fatigue-blouse1890

sling-jacket1900

top1902

sun top1934

sillapak1942

tank top1949

ao dai1961

tank1985

1666 S. Pepys Diary 8 Oct. (1972) VII. 315 The King hath yesterday in council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes... It will be a vest, I know not well how. But it is to teach the nobility thrift.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 324 This day the King begins to put on his Vest..being a long Cassocke close to the body, of black cloth and pinked with white silk under it, and a coat over it, and the legs ruffled with black riband like a pigeon's leg.

1667 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 300 I doubt the old fellow must have a new vest and tunick.

1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iii. iii. 47 You are not To learn..how absolutely necessary A rich Vest and a Perruque are to a man that aims At their favours.

1712 Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb. Payd for mackin a west and briches for gouddins child, [£]0. 1. 6.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 95 She wore..a coat, vest, and hat, resembling those of a man.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lix. 532 Provided with some of the most splendid vests that Calcutta could furnish.

1907 Daily News 3 Sept. 3/2 Lightish striped cashmere trousers would not be correct..if worn with a dark blue coat and vest.

1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ix. 202 While he took off his coat and vest I told him all arrangements had been deferred.

1937 H. G. Wells Brynhild vii. 103 He was sitting without jacket or vest, looking neat and healthy in his shirt and black tie.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 7/3 Hooking his thumbs in his vest, he answered questions in a calm, almost offhand manner.

1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ii. 37 Bodger..tucked in his shirt, which was escaping..from under his tight vest.

in extended use.1830 J. G. Whittier Mogg Megone 1237 The rivets of the vest Which girds in steel his ample breast.1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. i. 28 A bird resembling our starling in size..and not unlike it in colour, with the exception of the rich rosy vest.1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) i Among the charms that dangled from this liquid chain—depending from the vest of a landscape, which ended in a ruffle of woods.

c. A knitted or woven undergarment for the upper part of the body, worn next to the skin.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt

chemiseeOE

sarkOE

shirtOE

wyliecoat1478

semmitc1485

commission1567

shift1601

undershirt1648

mish1667

subucula1695

linder1768

surcoat1768

smish1807

under-vest1813

flesh-bag1819

under-tunic1819

vest1851

underfug1924

skivvy1932

wife-beater1993

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 583/1 Cotton,..spun silk, merino and Cashmere gentlemen's and ladies' vests.

1883 ‘Sylvia’ Lady's Guide Dressmaking xiii. 107 [List of under-linen], 4 merino vests, [£]0 5 9.

d. Part of a woman's dress bodice, consisting of a collar and front, usually of lace, net, silk, or other soft material.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > parts of > bodice > collar and front

vest1887

vestee1904

1887 Lady's World June 256/1 Vests of spotted kerseymere..are made with military collars and two pockets.

1913 Daily Graphic 26 Mar. 12/4 The bodices having vests and collars of écru lace.

1913 Play Pictorial No. 134. p. ii/1 It [a ‘waistcoat blouse’] has a soft net vest that ends in short sharp points.

e. A short, sleeveless jacket for a woman. U.S.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > sleeveless

sayon1802

vest1909

gilet1975

1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1974 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 14 Aug. iii. 1 (advt.) Plaid vest, 18.00.

1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. (Spring Fashion Suppl.) 11/1 Vests have never looked quite so fresh and right as they do this spring. They can be the perfect sleeveless jacket, topping all the softness.

f. A singlet denoting membership of a representative athletics team.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > sleeveless sports garment

vestee1943

vest1971

1971 N. Stacey Who Cares? ii. 25 It was harder to get a Blue than an international vest.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

vest-maker n.

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1879 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xliii I could be a confectioner, a milliner, a dressmaker, a vest-maker.

vest pattern n.

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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Vesting, cloth for vests; vest patterns.

C2.

vest-pocket n. a pocket in a vest (sense 3b); also attributive as adj.: small enough to fit into a vest pocket, very small of its kind; also figurative.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container

pocket?1576

cabinet1696

pocketable1699

pocket-size1820

vest-pocket1823

cabinet-sized1883

suitcase1910

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat > parts of

waistcoat button1787

vest-pocket1823

Basque1860

1823 Massachusetts Spy 3 Dec. He found him asleep, took from his vest pocket the key [etc.].

1848 Sporting Life 29 July 274/1 This vest pocket companion for cricketers.

1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator 629 Toy peaks, and a dainty little vest-pocket Matterhorn.

1912 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 5 July 525 The vest-pocket ‘Tenax’ camera.

1931 Times 16 Mar. 1/3 (advt.) Unique vest-pocket treatment for catarrh.

1947 Horizon Apr. 152 Our provincial hotels with their vest~pocket electric fires.

1983 Chicago Sun-Times 9 July 15 Vest-pocket garden-parks provide relaxed places for people to interact with one another.

1984 Newslet. Amer. Dial. Soc. Sept. 23/1 He was responsible for..a series of popular vest-pocket dictionaries and reference books.

vest-pocket voter n. U.S. (see quot. 1888).

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > one who

plumper1761

faggot voter1818

repeater1862

vest-pocket voter1888

swing vote1966

ticket-splitter1972

tactical voter1974

1888 E. P. Allinson & B. Penrose in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxix. 217 The class of ‘vest-pocket voters’—men who come to the polls with their tickets made up, to the confusion of ‘the boys.’

vest-slip n. = sense 3b.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat

waistcoat1519

vest1666

petticoat1691

jacket1705

fecket1755

waistcoat-piece1789

under-waistcoat1794

vest-slip1920

1920 Punch 9 June 456/2 My top-hat was on my head and my vest-slip was all right.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. 4 He thinks you're not a gentleman... Because he comes from Oxford. You know, Dedalus, you have the real Oxford manner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

vestv.

Brit.

/vɛst/, U.S.

/vɛst/

Forms: Also Middle English Scottish west.

Etymology: < Old French vestir (modern French vêtir , = Spanish vestir , Portuguese vestir , Italian vestire ) < Latin vestīre to clothe, < vestis clothing: see vest n.

I. To invest or endow with possession, and related uses.

1. transitive. To place, settle, or secure (something) in the possession of a person or persons; = invest v. 1c. Chiefly in passive, and usually const. in (rarely upon or with).

a. With reference to estates, rights, titles, etc.

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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)]

vestc1425

warrantisec1450

state1633

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xl. 7089 Al Gascon wiþe þe portynance To be insesit and westit He and al his ayris qwhit.

1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 147/1 That all such astate, title, right,..and possession..in the same persone and persones and their heires be vested.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 §7 The seid Castels..[shall] in the same persone or persones and their heires be vested and they therin be intiteled.

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 244/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The right of which countie king Dauid affirmed to be iustlie in him..as truelie vested in his possession by the forfeiture.

1649 H. Hammond Vindic. Addresse 24 What is vested in me, I may give, or derive to another, what is intrusted onely, I cannot.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 88 No Legiance is due to him, before the Crowne be vested upon him.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3830/4 Until all the said Estates and Interests vested in them are disposed of.

1758 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 68 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 The late act of parliament vesting the estates of certain traitors in his majesty.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 22 There were no words to vest the portions in the daughters till a marriage with consent.

1847 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 95 985 A Bill with this title to vest the ownership of the land in the present occupiers.

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvi. 107 The Court may direct the parts so laid out to remain vested in the trustees.

b. With reference to power or authority.

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society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)]

invest1587

vest1659

settle1671

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxx. 17 Paraphr.) 399 By which the power is vested on him.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 98 The Government of Religion was vested in Princes by an antecedent right to Christ.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxxvii That power of abating Nusances..is vested in both of their Offices, both by Grant and Prescription.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 244 There is a particular jurisdiction vested in the officers.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 45 The right of voting is vested by burgess tenure in certain houses.

1801 Marquess Wellesley Let. 14 Nov. in Select. Despatches (1877) 210 It is my intention to proceed immediately to vest the administration of the ceded districts in the hands of the Company's civil servants.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. i. ii. 37 The government of the society thus constituted was vested in an absolute monarch.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 533 That vague power of recommending a successor which the Law vested in him.

c. transferred.

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1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 157 If completeness is thought to be vested in polish, and to be attainable by help of sand paper.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. iii. 79 Proud of this confidence and secret vested in him.

a. To put, place, or establish (a person) in full or legal possession or occupation of something; = invest v. 1b. Chiefly in passive, and usually const. in (or †of).In early use only Scottish in the phrase vested (also vest) and seized.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective]

boundc1175

clothedc1220

bitighta1250

i-boenc1275

yclothed1297

ydight1297

clada1300

bitoughtc1314

ycladc1330

attireda1375

yhabited1377

gleda1450

buskedc1450

vested (also vest) and seized1464

besee?a1513

yschrowd1513

vestured1523

arrayed1525

braldc1571

garbed1599

habilimented1607

riggeda1640

dressed1641

put-ona1784

habited1807

swathed1815

draped1833

turned-out1833

caparisoned1841

enclad1863

society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > put (a person) in possession [verb (transitive)]

feoffc1290

seizec1290

enseisec1420

inseisinc1440

possessc1450

seisinc1450

vest1464

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > settle property on

to make a statec1400

sure1418

establishc1460

infeft1462

vest1464

invest1534

estate1600

entitle1608

secure1615

1464 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 78 The said schir Robert deyt last ves [t] it and sesit as of fee.

1488 Acta Dom. Audit. (1839) 123/2 It beis prefit þat Williame þe barde deit last westit and Sesit in þe said landis.

1557 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 6 For sesing takyn of all landis Wilyam Paterson his fadyr deit last vestit and sesit conforme to his serwing.

1597 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 186 All landis, rowmes, heretageis,..quhairin he deitt last vest and seasit.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 329 Of which the Irish that are vested by restoration, seem rather to take part with the divested.1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iv. 334 The Serjeant presently enquired for the principal Magistrate of the Town, and was informed by my Landlord, that he himself was vested in that Office. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. v. 108 Miltiades thus vested in the supreme command [etc.].1905 Times 8 June 6/4 The Government proposed that the Free Church should be vested in the property to be allocated to her.figurative.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 126 Not all his most gracious and debonair mine towards them could vest him in that Nations affections.c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 29 In order to their being actually vested in that salvation.1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 442 All, who partake of this Nature, are not only certain of, but may in some sense be said already vested in, the Happiness, which [etc.].

b. To invest (a person) with some quality, esp. power, authority, etc. Chiefly in passive.

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society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > invest a person with authority

authorize1440

invest1534

warrant1578

empower1641

facultate1648

vest1674

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 126 It is his Person as vested with all his Offices, that is the immediate Fountain of all Grace unto us.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) iv. 67 He is vested with an unconceivable high degree of Glory.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 330 God's most glorious and best Creature,..vested with a reasonable Soul.

1727 D. Defoe Hist. Apparitions (1840) iv. 32 They may be reasonably supposed to be vested with the same powers.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 13 [He was] created a peer, and was soon after vested with the dignity of chancellor.

1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 361 For thee, who art vested with the mission of thy God and King.

1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 26 June in Dispatches (1837) II. 50 I further vest you with full powers to decide any question which may arise.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 288 To vest the officers of the Crown in India with powers independent of the Company.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 227 The Indian Government was vested with the power of sovereignty within its own limits.

c. To endow formally or legally with some possession or property.

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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > endow

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1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 52 This Company, in consideration of a sum paid to the King, is vested with the property of all diamonds found in Brazil.

1858 in J. B. Norton Topics 246 We propose..that every ryot should be vested with the freehold of his farm.

3. intransitive. To become vested (in a person); to pass into possession; to descend or devolve upon one as possessor.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [verb (intransitive)] > become vested or pass into possession

vest1592

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §44 Euerie estate either executed maintenant, or executorie by limitation of use, which vesteth in possession by vertue of the Statute of 27 H. 8.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 105 In those daies the title vested not unlesse the child opened his eyes.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 497 If the Duke came to be King, the prerogative would by that vest in him.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 196 For the right of the crown vests..upon his heir.

1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 481 The court held.. that the whole vested in L., his executors and administrators.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 223 The principle..does not apply, if there be an express declaration that the land shall vest at twenty-one.

1865 J. R. Lowell Reconstruct. in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 227 In all cases of land granted to freedmen no title should vest till a fair price had been paid.

1885 Law Times Rep. 52 671/2 The property vests in the official receiver qua trustee.

II. To dress or apparel, and related uses.

a. transitive. In past participle: Dressed, clothed, robed in some garment. Also without const. (spec. with reference to ecclesiastical vestments).

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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ii. 3 And heich abuf..cleirlie schane Aurora vestit into broun sanguane.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xi. 29 In rob ryall vestit,..And ryche purpour.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Rev. i. 13 One like to the Sonne of man, vested in a priestly garment to the foote.

1622 J. W. tr. C. Oudin Gram. Spanish 297 He..saies that a Frier stayes for you readie vested at the Altar.

a1668 W. Davenant Fair Favorite in Wks. (1673) 97 Your Brother (Madam) and he brings A Lady with him, vested like a Nun.

1673 J. Milton Sonnets xix, in Poems (new ed.) 61 My late espoused Saint..Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.

1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 92 The Priest being vested, sets about the Preparation of the Bread and Wine at the little Altar.

1761 Brit. Mag. 2 362 On the dexter side, a pilgrim or friar, vested in russet.

1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers (1903) I. i. v. 328 The thurifers and taper-bearers, in our large collegiate and cathedral churches, were vested in tunicles.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vi. 76 A priest, vested in surplice and stole.

b. transferred and figurative. Also const. with.

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1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. b Spirits according to Plato, are vested with a subtil body.

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 81 We see other living creatures come vested, armed, able immediately to find their pasture.

a1721 M. Prior Charles & Clenard in Dialogues of Dead ⁋18 Hast thou not seen me..vested in all the Types and Ornaments that Human Greatness is capable of receiving.

1805 D. Johnston Serm. for Blind 44 The brightest ornaments with which our natures can be vested.

1865 J. M. Neale Hymns Paradise 8 The Saints, in beauty vested.

5. Of a garment: to clothe or cover (a person). Also figurative. Cf. invest v. 2e.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)]

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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 18 Which plad vested Helen, from Greece when to Troy she flitted.

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso xxi. 59 The light that vests me.

a. To dress (a person) in a robe or garment, esp. as a formal act or ceremony. Cf. invest v. 2.In the 17th cent. chiefly with reference to eastern usage.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > robe or robes

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1648 W. L. Newes from Tvrkie 7 My Lord was privatly informed he intended an affront by not Vesting him.

1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 137 To draw him near the City, he Vested and Caressed some of his Followers.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 468 The Speaker..vested him with a rich purple Velvet Robe lined with Ermines.

1828 A. Jolly Observ. Sunday Services 167 The words formerly pronounced at vesting the baptised with their white garments, were very solemnly expressive.

1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi viii. 292 The Charites receive her on her return from the scene of the Net to Cyprus, where they bathe, anoint, and vest her.

figurative.1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. ii. 71 Prepare their hearts, and in Humilitye New vest their Soules.

b. Christian Church. To drape or cover (an altar).

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society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [verb (transitive)] > provide or cover with

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1848 C. H. Hartshorne Eng. Medieval Embroidery 130 The sides [of the altar] must be covered or vested... Where the table stands away from the wall, the back must be vested likewise.

1867 Portuary Cal. p. v Our right..to vest the Altar in colours..is grounded on the old law of the English church.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 305 It is best for the ends as well as the front of an altar to be vested.

1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 641/2 Altars are ‘vested’ during service; that is, covered with cloths of various kinds.

a. reflexive. To apparel or robe (oneself), esp. in ecclesiastical vestments. Also figurative.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (reflexive)] > clothe in

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1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 55 Thinking it had been a Priest putting on the Amice and vesting himself for to say Masse.

1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions iv. 29 If we grant that Spirit..may vest it self so with Flesh and Blood.

1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VII. c. 395 I shall vest myself, as I may say, in classical armour.

c1771 in E. H. Burton Life Bp. Challoner (1909) I. ix. 140 Just before the Bishop vested himself to say Mass.

1892 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy III. iii. 17 There are who vest and veil themselves.

1905 R. Bagot Passport xvii. 159 Don Agostino disappeared into the sacristy to vest himself.

b. absol. in the same sense.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (intransitive)] > clothe in

vest1882

1882 W. Maskell Anc. Liturgy (ed. 3) 219 A common custom..that the priest (whether or not he vested before the altar) should vest in the sanctuary.

1892 in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 657 The imposing procession..moved..up the main aisle to the sanctuary where the celebrant vested.

III. To invest, in the hope of profit.

8. transitive. = invest v. 8a. Now rare or Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > invest

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1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 41 The Merchant..vesting this Hundred Pounds in English Goods.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iii. 64 He was then in good circumstances, and it was said came to vest his money in our stocks.

1794 E. Burke Let. 30 Nov. in Corr. (1969) VIII. 86 He vested in some kind of property,..all, or almost all, that he had brought out of France.

1804 Earl of Lauderdale Inq. Nature & Origin Public Wealth iii. 186 He vests his capital either in seed..or in a stock of cattle.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation Introd. 12 Dutch capitalists were tempted to vest very large sums in foreign countries.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 20 The returns for vested capital and the comfort of the working classes both [being] considered.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vest
释义	vestn. Brit. /vɛst/, U.S. /vɛst/ Forms: Also 1700s dialect west. Etymology: < French veste, < Italian veste (also vesta) robe, gown < Latin vest-em, vestis garment, attire, clothing, cognate with Greek ἐσθής, Sanskrit vastra. Compare Spanish veste garment, † vesta vest, Portuguese veste garment, vestia vest. 1. a. A loose outer garment worn by men in Eastern countries or in ancient times; a robe or gown. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > robe or gown > types of > other stolec950 paramentc1385 stolea1387 vestmentc1386 chimer1487 shemewe1517 parliament1537 Turkey gown1558 slop1570 blue gown1578 dolman1585 palliament1593 synthesis1606 vest1613 paramentoa1640 brandenburgh1676 khilat1684 spagnoleta1685 sultanea1685 sultana1693 garter-robes1702 under-robe1725 wrapper1725 stola1728 talar1738 negligée1755 jama1776 dust-gown1802 yukata1822 manga1824 gandoura1851 pheran1851 riga1851 shamma1862 choga1869 kanzu1870 kimono1886 holoku1893 mammy-cloth1952 1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 20 We were forced to send his maister three verstes [sic] of cloth of gold, for beholding his person. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 146 Their [sc. Persians'] out Garment or Vest is commonly of Callico quilted with Cotton. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 131 Artaxerxes the Great gave Mithridates..a Gown or Vest of gold which he wore during a Royal banquet. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 93 The Persians made their long Vests of such Cloths. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vi. 63 Lucullus..being ask'd to furnish for a Play An hundred martial Vests. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 555 Putting off his vest Of softest texture. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xi. xiv. 244 A hermit's vest Concealed his face. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 215 Kaeso then put on his vest, such as the Roman generals were used to wear in battle. 1842 R. H. Barham Fragm. in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 119 The slanting ray of the evening sun shone..With fitful light on regal vest, and warrior's sculptured mail. in extended use.1643 W. Davenant Vnfortunate Lovers i. i Not in his Perfume and Silks; but in his Iron Vest.1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 2 If we take a Bean then and dissect it, we shall find it cloathed with a double Vest or Coat. b. A similar garment worn by women. Chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > other overslopOE golionc1290 jupec1290 herigaut1297 rocketc1300 tabardc1300 rocheta1325 suckeny?a1366 hanselinc1386 slopc1386 stolea1387 houpland1392 frockc1400 gipec1400 under-frock1547 vochette1548 shirt1553 rubashka1587 camis1590 gorbelly1598 kebaya1598 tunic1609 sotana1622 supertunic1626 simar1636 manteau1638 peplum1656 peple1658 semar1673 mantua1678 manty1678 mant1694 vest1700 banian1725 galabiya1725 peplos1738 paletota1796 pellard1799 blouse1828 chiton1850 diploidion1850 shirtwaist1859 camorra1869 diplois1887 smock1907 kurta1913 Punjabi1937 kameez1955 kente cloth1957 camouflage smock1964 kanzu1969 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 56 Attended by her Maiden Train, Who bore the Vests that Holy Rites require. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 347 I found the Lady siting on her Sofa in a Sable vest. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxvii. 78 When my upper vest was taken off, they were apparently struck with the splendour of my cloaths. 1797 R. Southey Triumph of Woman 30 Thy daughters..for this high feast Weave the loose robe, and paint the flowery vest. 1801 W. Scott Glenfinlas in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 131 O gentle huntsman, hast thou seen,..A lovely maid in vest of green? 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 159 For vest of pall. c. A garment, in various figurative uses. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > garment or article of raileOE i-wedeOE reafOE shroudc1000 weedOE back-cloth?c1225 hatter?c1225 clouta1300 coverturec1300 garment1340 vesturec1384 clothc1385 vestmentc1386 jeryne?a1400 clothinga1425 gilla1438 raiment1440 haterella1450 vestimenta1500 indumenta1513 paitclaith1550 casceis1578 attire1587 amice1600 implements1601 cladment1647 enduement1650 vest1655 body garment1688 wearable1711 sledo1719 rag1855 number1894 opaque1903 daytimer1936 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 2 The fair woods..flourish'd in that youthful vest, With which their great Creator had them drest. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 790 The Ancient Asserters of the Souls Immortality, supposing it to have besides this Terrestrial Body, another Spirituous or Airy Body..as its Interiour Vest or Tunicle. 1747 W. Collins Odes 16 Truth, in sunny Vest array'd. 1781 W. Cowper Charity 262 When ev'ning in her sober vest Drew the grey curtain of the fading west. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas Ded. v, in Compl. Wks. (1904) 412 Light the vest of flowing metre She wears. †d. Without article. Clothing, attire. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] clothesc888 hattersOE shroudc1000 weedOE shrouda1122 clothc1175 hatteringa1200 atourc1220 back-clout?c1225 habit?c1225 clothingc1275 cleadinga1300 dubbinga1300 shroudinga1300 attirec1300 coverturec1300 suitc1325 apparel1330 buskingc1330 farec1330 harness1340 tire1340 backs1341 geara1350 apparelmentc1374 attiringa1375 vesturec1385 heelinga1387 vestmentc1386 arraya1400 graitha1400 livery1399 tirementa1400 warnementa1400 arrayment1400 parelc1400 werlec1400 raiment?a1425 robinga1450 rayc1450 implements1454 willokc1460 habiliment1470 emparelc1475 atourement1481 indumenta1513 reparel1521 wearing gear1542 revesture1548 claesc1550 case1559 attirement1566 furniture1566 investuring1566 apparelling1567 dud1567 hilback1573 wear1576 dress1586 enfolding1586 caparison1589 plight1590 address1592 ward-ware1598 garnish1600 investments1600 ditement1603 dressing1603 waith1603 thing1605 vestry1606 garb1608 outwall1608 accoutrementa1610 wearing apparel1617 coutrement1621 vestament1632 vestiment1637 equipage1645 cask1646 aguise1647 back-timbera1656 investiture1660 rigging1664 drapery1686 vest1694 plumage1707 bussingc1712 hull1718 paraphernalia1736 togs1779 body clothing1802 slough1808 toggery1812 traps1813 garniture1827 body-clothes1828 garmenture1832 costume1838 fig1839 outfit1840 vestiture1841 outer womana1845 outward man1846 vestiary1846 rag1855 drag1870 clo'1874 parapherna1876 clobber1879 threads1926 mocker1939 schmatte1959 vine1959 kit1989 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. Epist. Lymosin 252 Our Means of Life are Pote, and Cibe, and Vest. 2. An ecclesiastical vestment. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [noun] church clothesa1200 vestimenta1250 vestmenta1400 vestc1660 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 263 The precious Vessells of Gold, Silver, and gemms, with the Vests & other incomparable services to be seene in the Sacristy. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 16 Feb. (1971) IV. 44 A priest was taken in his vests officiating somewhere in Holborne the other day. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 222 The initiate's vest..hung out under my cuirass. 1829 S. H. Cassan Lives Bishops of Bath & Wells 162 He gave also many splendid vests to the Churches of Bath and Wells. 3. Categories » a. A sleeveless garment of some length worn by men beneath the coat. (Introduced by Charles II: see first quot.) Now Historical. b. A short garment worn beneath the coat or jacket as a usual part of male attire; a waistcoat. Now North American. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat waistcoat1519 vest1666 petticoat1691 jacket1705 fecket1755 waistcoat-piece1789 under-waistcoat1794 vest-slip1920 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > other kirtlec893 viteroke?c1225 bleauntc1314 surcoata1330 paltock1353 courtepy1362 tunicle1377 gipona1387 juponc1400 petticoatc1425 wardecorpsc1440 placard1483 galbart1488 corsletc1500 truss1563 gippo1617 juste-au-corps1656 fore-belly1663 vest1666 justicoat1669 coat1670 amiculum1722 arba kanfot1738 slip1762 hap-warm1773 aba1792 Moldave1800 abaya1810 saya1811 tzitzit1816 cote-hardie1834 tobe1835 yelek1836 panties1845 cyclas1846 exomis1850 himation1850 jumper1853 blouse1861 peplum1866 exomion1875 confection1885 lammy1886 surquayne1887 bluey1888 fatigue-blouse1890 sling-jacket1900 top1902 sun top1934 sillapak1942 tank top1949 ao dai1961 tank1985 1666 S. Pepys Diary 8 Oct. (1972) VII. 315 The King hath yesterday in council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes... It will be a vest, I know not well how. But it is to teach the nobility thrift. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 324 This day the King begins to put on his Vest..being a long Cassocke close to the body, of black cloth and pinked with white silk under it, and a coat over it, and the legs ruffled with black riband like a pigeon's leg. 1667 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 300 I doubt the old fellow must have a new vest and tunick. 1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd iii. iii. 47 You are not To learn..how absolutely necessary A rich Vest and a Perruque are to a man that aims At their favours. 1712 Overseers' Acc. Holy Cross, Canterb. Payd for mackin a west and briches for gouddins child, [£]0. 1. 6. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 95 She wore..a coat, vest, and hat, resembling those of a man. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lix. 532 Provided with some of the most splendid vests that Calcutta could furnish. 1907 Daily News 3 Sept. 3/2 Lightish striped cashmere trousers would not be correct..if worn with a dark blue coat and vest. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ix. 202 While he took off his coat and vest I told him all arrangements had been deferred. 1937 H. G. Wells Brynhild vii. 103 He was sitting without jacket or vest, looking neat and healthy in his shirt and black tie. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 7/3 Hooking his thumbs in his vest, he answered questions in a calm, almost offhand manner. 1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ii. 37 Bodger..tucked in his shirt, which was escaping..from under his tight vest. in extended use.1830 J. G. Whittier Mogg Megone 1237 The rivets of the vest Which girds in steel his ample breast.1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. i. 28 A bird resembling our starling in size..and not unlike it in colour, with the exception of the rich rosy vest.1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) i Among the charms that dangled from this liquid chain—depending from the vest of a landscape, which ended in a ruffle of woods. c. A knitted or woven undergarment for the upper part of the body, worn next to the skin. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > vest or undershirt chemiseeOE sarkOE shirtOE wyliecoat1478 semmitc1485 commission1567 shift1601 undershirt1648 mish1667 subucula1695 linder1768 surcoat1768 smish1807 under-vest1813 flesh-bag1819 under-tunic1819 vest1851 underfug1924 skivvy1932 wife-beater1993 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 583/1 Cotton,..spun silk, merino and Cashmere gentlemen's and ladies' vests. 1883 ‘Sylvia’ Lady's Guide Dressmaking xiii. 107 [List of under-linen], 4 merino vests, [£]0 5 9. d. Part of a woman's dress bodice, consisting of a collar and front, usually of lace, net, silk, or other soft material. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > parts of > bodice > collar and front vest1887 vestee1904 1887 Lady's World June 256/1 Vests of spotted kerseymere..are made with military collars and two pockets. 1913 Daily Graphic 26 Mar. 12/4 The bodices having vests and collars of écru lace. 1913 Play Pictorial No. 134. p. ii/1 It [a ‘waistcoat blouse’] has a soft net vest that ends in short sharp points. e. A short, sleeveless jacket for a woman. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > sleeveless sayon1802 vest1909 gilet1975 1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1974 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 14 Aug. iii. 1 (advt.) Plaid vest, 18.00. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. (Spring Fashion Suppl.) 11/1 Vests have never looked quite so fresh and right as they do this spring. They can be the perfect sleeveless jacket, topping all the softness. f. A singlet denoting membership of a representative athletics team. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > sleeveless sports garment vestee1943 vest1971 1971 N. Stacey Who Cares? ii. 25 It was harder to get a Blue than an international vest. Compounds C1. General attributive. vest-maker n. ΚΠ 1879 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xliii I could be a confectioner, a milliner, a dressmaker, a vest-maker. vest pattern n. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Vesting, cloth for vests; vest patterns. C2. vest-pocket n. a pocket in a vest (sense 3b); also attributive as adj.: small enough to fit into a vest pocket, very small of its kind; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container pocket?1576 cabinet1696 pocketable1699 pocket-size1820 vest-pocket1823 cabinet-sized1883 suitcase1910 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat > parts of waistcoat button1787 vest-pocket1823 Basque1860 1823 Massachusetts Spy 3 Dec. He found him asleep, took from his vest pocket the key [etc.]. 1848 Sporting Life 29 July 274/1 This vest pocket companion for cricketers. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator 629 Toy peaks, and a dainty little vest-pocket Matterhorn. 1912 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 5 July 525 The vest-pocket ‘Tenax’ camera. 1931 Times 16 Mar. 1/3 (advt.) Unique vest-pocket treatment for catarrh. 1947 Horizon Apr. 152 Our provincial hotels with their vest~pocket electric fires. 1983 Chicago Sun-Times 9 July 15 Vest-pocket garden-parks provide relaxed places for people to interact with one another. 1984 Newslet. Amer. Dial. Soc. Sept. 23/1 He was responsible for..a series of popular vest-pocket dictionaries and reference books. vest-pocket voter n. U.S. (see quot. 1888). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > registering or casting votes > types of voting > one who plumper1761 faggot voter1818 repeater1862 vest-pocket voter1888 swing vote1966 ticket-splitter1972 tactical voter1974 1888 E. P. Allinson & B. Penrose in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxix. 217 The class of ‘vest-pocket voters’—men who come to the polls with their tickets made up, to the confusion of ‘the boys.’ vest-slip n. = sense 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > waistcoat waistcoat1519 vest1666 petticoat1691 jacket1705 fecket1755 waistcoat-piece1789 under-waistcoat1794 vest-slip1920 1920 Punch 9 June 456/2 My top-hat was on my head and my vest-slip was all right. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. 4 He thinks you're not a gentleman... Because he comes from Oxford. You know, Dedalus, you have the real Oxford manner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vestv. Brit. /vɛst/, U.S. /vɛst/ Forms: Also Middle English Scottish west. Etymology: < Old French vestir (modern French vêtir , = Spanish vestir , Portuguese vestir , Italian vestire ) < Latin vestīre to clothe, < vestis clothing: see vest n. I. To invest or endow with possession, and related uses. 1. transitive. To place, settle, or secure (something) in the possession of a person or persons; = invest v. 1c. Chiefly in passive, and usually const. in (rarely upon or with). a. With reference to estates, rights, titles, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] vestc1425 warrantisec1450 state1633 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xl. 7089 Al Gascon wiþe þe portynance To be insesit and westit He and al his ayris qwhit. 1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 147/1 That all such astate, title, right,..and possession..in the same persone and persones and their heires be vested. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 34 §7 The seid Castels..[shall] in the same persone or persones and their heires be vested and they therin be intiteled. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 244/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The right of which countie king Dauid affirmed to be iustlie in him..as truelie vested in his possession by the forfeiture. 1649 H. Hammond Vindic. Addresse 24 What is vested in me, I may give, or derive to another, what is intrusted onely, I cannot. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 88 No Legiance is due to him, before the Crowne be vested upon him. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3830/4 Until all the said Estates and Interests vested in them are disposed of. 1758 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 68 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 The late act of parliament vesting the estates of certain traitors in his majesty. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 22 There were no words to vest the portions in the daughters till a marriage with consent. 1847 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 95 985 A Bill with this title to vest the ownership of the land in the present occupiers. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xvi. 107 The Court may direct the parts so laid out to remain vested in the trustees. b. With reference to power or authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] invest1587 vest1659 settle1671 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxx. 17 Paraphr.) 399 By which the power is vested on him. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 98 The Government of Religion was vested in Princes by an antecedent right to Christ. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxxvii That power of abating Nusances..is vested in both of their Offices, both by Grant and Prescription. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 244 There is a particular jurisdiction vested in the officers. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 45 The right of voting is vested by burgess tenure in certain houses. 1801 Marquess Wellesley Let. 14 Nov. in Select. Despatches (1877) 210 It is my intention to proceed immediately to vest the administration of the ceded districts in the hands of the Company's civil servants. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. i. ii. 37 The government of the society thus constituted was vested in an absolute monarch. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 533 That vague power of recommending a successor which the Law vested in him. c. transferred. ΚΠ 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. v. 157 If completeness is thought to be vested in polish, and to be attainable by help of sand paper. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. iii. 79 Proud of this confidence and secret vested in him. 2. a. To put, place, or establish (a person) in full or legal possession or occupation of something; = invest v. 1b. Chiefly in passive, and usually const. in (or †of).In early use only Scottish in the phrase vested (also vest) and seized. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] boundc1175 clothedc1220 bitighta1250 i-boenc1275 yclothed1297 ydight1297 clada1300 bitoughtc1314 ycladc1330 attireda1375 yhabited1377 gleda1450 buskedc1450 vested (also vest) and seized1464 besee?a1513 yschrowd1513 vestured1523 arrayed1525 braldc1571 garbed1599 habilimented1607 riggeda1640 dressed1641 put-ona1784 habited1807 swathed1815 draped1833 turned-out1833 caparisoned1841 enclad1863 society > law > transfer of property > putting in possession > put (a person) in possession [verb (transitive)] feoffc1290 seizec1290 enseisec1420 inseisinc1440 possessc1450 seisinc1450 vest1464 society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > settle property on to make a statec1400 sure1418 establishc1460 infeft1462 vest1464 invest1534 estate1600 entitle1608 secure1615 1464 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 78 The said schir Robert deyt last ves [t] it and sesit as of fee. 1488 Acta Dom. Audit. (1839) 123/2 It beis prefit þat Williame þe barde deit last westit and Sesit in þe said landis. 1557 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 6 For sesing takyn of all landis Wilyam Paterson his fadyr deit last vestit and sesit conforme to his serwing. 1597 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 186 All landis, rowmes, heretageis,..quhairin he deitt last vest and seasit. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 329 Of which the Irish that are vested by restoration, seem rather to take part with the divested.1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iv. 334 The Serjeant presently enquired for the principal Magistrate of the Town, and was informed by my Landlord, that he himself was vested in that Office. View more context for this quotation1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. v. 108 Miltiades thus vested in the supreme command [etc.].1905 Times 8 June 6/4 The Government proposed that the Free Church should be vested in the property to be allocated to her.figurative.1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 126 Not all his most gracious and debonair mine towards them could vest him in that Nations affections.c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 29 In order to their being actually vested in that salvation.1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 442 All, who partake of this Nature, are not only certain of, but may in some sense be said already vested in, the Happiness, which [etc.]. b. To invest (a person) with some quality, esp. power, authority, etc. Chiefly in passive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > invest a person with authority authorize1440 invest1534 warrant1578 empower1641 facultate1648 vest1674 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 126 It is his Person as vested with all his Offices, that is the immediate Fountain of all Grace unto us. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) iv. 67 He is vested with an unconceivable high degree of Glory. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 330 God's most glorious and best Creature,..vested with a reasonable Soul. 1727 D. Defoe Hist. Apparitions (1840) iv. 32 They may be reasonably supposed to be vested with the same powers. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 13 [He was] created a peer, and was soon after vested with the dignity of chancellor. 1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 361 For thee, who art vested with the mission of thy God and King. 1803 Duke of Wellington Let. 26 June in Dispatches (1837) II. 50 I further vest you with full powers to decide any question which may arise. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 288 To vest the officers of the Crown in India with powers independent of the Company. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 227 The Indian Government was vested with the power of sovereignty within its own limits. c. To endow formally or legally with some possession or property. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > endow worthOE goodOE dow1297 allowc1400 rentc1400 endowc1440 enduec1440 seizec1450 empossessc1500 revestc1500 indot1520 endote1528 dotatec1540 estate1609 instate1614 portion1663 vest1748 fortune1838 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 52 This Company, in consideration of a sum paid to the King, is vested with the property of all diamonds found in Brazil. 1858 in J. B. Norton Topics 246 We propose..that every ryot should be vested with the freehold of his farm. 3. intransitive. To become vested (in a person); to pass into possession; to descend or devolve upon one as possessor. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [verb (intransitive)] > become vested or pass into possession vest1592 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §44 Euerie estate either executed maintenant, or executorie by limitation of use, which vesteth in possession by vertue of the Statute of 27 H. 8. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 105 In those daies the title vested not unlesse the child opened his eyes. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 497 If the Duke came to be King, the prerogative would by that vest in him. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 196 For the right of the crown vests..upon his heir. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 481 The court held.. that the whole vested in L., his executors and administrators. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 223 The principle..does not apply, if there be an express declaration that the land shall vest at twenty-one. 1865 J. R. Lowell Reconstruct. in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 227 In all cases of land granted to freedmen no title should vest till a fair price had been paid. 1885 Law Times Rep. 52 671/2 The property vests in the official receiver qua trustee. II. To dress or apparel, and related uses. 4. a. transitive. In past participle: Dressed, clothed, robed in some garment. Also without const. (spec. with reference to ecclesiastical vestments). ΚΠ 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. ii. 3 And heich abuf..cleirlie schane Aurora vestit into broun sanguane. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xi. 29 In rob ryall vestit,..And ryche purpour. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Rev. i. 13 One like to the Sonne of man, vested in a priestly garment to the foote. 1622 J. W. tr. C. Oudin Gram. Spanish 297 He..saies that a Frier stayes for you readie vested at the Altar. a1668 W. Davenant Fair Favorite in Wks. (1673) 97 Your Brother (Madam) and he brings A Lady with him, vested like a Nun. 1673 J. Milton Sonnets xix, in Poems (new ed.) 61 My late espoused Saint..Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 92 The Priest being vested, sets about the Preparation of the Bread and Wine at the little Altar. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 362 On the dexter side, a pilgrim or friar, vested in russet. 1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers (1903) I. i. v. 328 The thurifers and taper-bearers, in our large collegiate and cathedral churches, were vested in tunicles. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vi. 76 A priest, vested in surplice and stole. b. transferred and figurative. Also const. with. ΚΠ 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. b Spirits according to Plato, are vested with a subtil body. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. i. 81 We see other living creatures come vested, armed, able immediately to find their pasture. a1721 M. Prior Charles & Clenard in Dialogues of Dead ⁋18 Hast thou not seen me..vested in all the Types and Ornaments that Human Greatness is capable of receiving. 1805 D. Johnston Serm. for Blind 44 The brightest ornaments with which our natures can be vested. 1865 J. M. Neale Hymns Paradise 8 The Saints, in beauty vested. 5. Of a garment: to clothe or cover (a person). Also figurative. Cf. invest v. 2e. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] wrya901 clothec950 shride971 aturnc1220 begoa1225 array1297 graith1297 agraithc1300 geara1325 cleadc1325 adightc1330 apparel1362 back1362 shape1362 attirea1375 parela1375 tirea1375 rayc1390 addressa1393 coverc1394 aguisea1400 scredea1400 shrouda1400 bedightc1400 buskc1400 harnessc1400 hatterc1400 revesta1449 able1449 dressa1450 reparel?c1450 adub?1473 endue?a1475 afaite1484 revestera1500 beclothe1509 trimc1516 riga1535 invest1540 vesture1555 suit1577 clad1579 investure1582 vest1582 deck1587 habit1594 to make ready1596 caparison1597 skin1601 shadow1608 garment1614 riga1625 raiment1656 garb1673 equip1695 to fit out1722 encase1725 tog1793 trick1821 to fig out1825 enclothe1832 toilet1842 to get up1858 habilitate1885 tailor1885 kit1919 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 18 Which plad vested Helen, from Greece when to Troy she flitted. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso xxi. 59 The light that vests me. 6. a. To dress (a person) in a robe or garment, esp. as a formal act or ceremony. Cf. invest v. 2.In the 17th cent. chiefly with reference to eastern usage. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > robe or robes robea1400 apparel1576 enrobe1593 vest1639 re-robe1795 1648 W. L. Newes from Tvrkie 7 My Lord was privatly informed he intended an affront by not Vesting him. 1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 137 To draw him near the City, he Vested and Caressed some of his Followers. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 468 The Speaker..vested him with a rich purple Velvet Robe lined with Ermines. 1828 A. Jolly Observ. Sunday Services 167 The words formerly pronounced at vesting the baptised with their white garments, were very solemnly expressive. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi viii. 292 The Charites receive her on her return from the scene of the Net to Cyprus, where they bathe, anoint, and vest her. figurative.1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. ii. 71 Prepare their hearts, and in Humilitye New vest their Soules. b. Christian Church. To drape or cover (an altar). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > altar cloth > [verb (transitive)] > provide or cover with stolec1475 vest1848 1848 C. H. Hartshorne Eng. Medieval Embroidery 130 The sides [of the altar] must be covered or vested... Where the table stands away from the wall, the back must be vested likewise. 1867 Portuary Cal. p. v Our right..to vest the Altar in colours..is grounded on the old law of the English church. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 305 It is best for the ends as well as the front of an altar to be vested. 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 641/2 Altars are ‘vested’ during service; that is, covered with cloths of various kinds. 7. a. reflexive. To apparel or robe (oneself), esp. in ecclesiastical vestments. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (reflexive)] > clothe in revesta1325 vest1670 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 55 Thinking it had been a Priest putting on the Amice and vesting himself for to say Masse. 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions iv. 29 If we grant that Spirit..may vest it self so with Flesh and Blood. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VII. c. 395 I shall vest myself, as I may say, in classical armour. c1771 in E. H. Burton Life Bp. Challoner (1909) I. ix. 140 Just before the Bishop vested himself to say Mass. 1892 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy III. iii. 17 There are who vest and veil themselves. 1905 R. Bagot Passport xvii. 159 Don Agostino disappeared into the sacristy to vest himself. b. absol. in the same sense. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [verb (intransitive)] > clothe in vest1882 1882 W. Maskell Anc. Liturgy (ed. 3) 219 A common custom..that the priest (whether or not he vested before the altar) should vest in the sanctuary. 1892 in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 657 The imposing procession..moved..up the main aisle to the sanctuary where the celebrant vested. III. To invest, in the hope of profit. 8. transitive. = invest v. 8a. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > invest improve1461 occupy1465 to put out1572 vie1598 put1604 stock1683 sink1699 place1700 vest1719 fund1778 embark1832 to put forth1896 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 41 The Merchant..vesting this Hundred Pounds in English Goods. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iii. 64 He was then in good circumstances, and it was said came to vest his money in our stocks. 1794 E. Burke Let. 30 Nov. in Corr. (1969) VIII. 86 He vested in some kind of property,..all, or almost all, that he had brought out of France. 1804 Earl of Lauderdale Inq. Nature & Origin Public Wealth iii. 186 He vests his capital either in seed..or in a stock of cattle. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation Introd. 12 Dutch capitalists were tempted to vest very large sums in foreign countries. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 20 The returns for vested capital and the comfort of the working classes both [being] considered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1613v.c1425
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