单词 | vested |
释义 | vestedadj.1 1. a. Clothed, robed, dressed, spec. in ecclesiastical vestments. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > [adjective] > clothed in vested1671 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 257 Just Simeon and Prophetic Anna..spake Before the Altar and the vested Priest. View more context for this quotation 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 360 The cooling brook, the grassy vested green. 1841 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) IV. 256 Why do I not go forth as a forgiven and vested creature. 1842 W. Wordsworth Eccl. Sonn. iii. xxvi The Vested Priest before the Altar stands. b. Heraldry. (See quot. c1828.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [adjective] vestedc1828 c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Vested, habited, or clothed, as a cubit arm, &c. vested az. or the like. 2. a. Established, secured, or settled in the hands of, or definitely assigned to, a certain possessor. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [adjective] vested1766 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 168 Vested remainders..are where the estate is invariably fixed, to remain to a determinate person, after the particular estate is spent. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 513 A legacy to one, to be paid when he attains the age of twenty-one years, is a vested legacy. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 185 He held it to be a vested estate in fee in the son. 1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms iii. 25 In its legal sense, vested is opposed to contingent. 1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. 241 The alienation of an executory interest, before its becoming an actually vested estate. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. Introd. p. xlv After..months of struggle with the vested privileges of record-keepers. b. esp. with right or interest. Also figurative. ΚΠ (a) (b)1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 465 The limitation..gave him an immediate vested interest in the surplus of the estate.1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) 154 Finding that new truths have not as many vested interests to recommend them as old fallacies.1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iv. 161 The doctrine ascribes to all mankind a vested interest in each other's moral, intellectual, and even physical perfection.1889 W. Donisthorpe Individualism iv. 122 Vested interests may perhaps be defined as rights based not upon contract but upon custom.1832 J. Austin Outline in Province Jurispr. p. xxxiv Vested rights essentially differ..from rights which are contingent. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. i. ix. §3.172 The vested right which Parliament has allowed to be acquired by the existing companies. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 285 Let its vested right, of paying out the truth, be flung into the free air of history. 1874 I. W. Andrews Man. Constit. iv. 211 Violative of a vested legal right. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. v. 193 It is not such a right as the law regards as vested, that is as completely created. 3. Invested. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > invested vested1863 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 March 2022). vestedadj.2 Chiefly North American. Of a suit: three-piece, having a waistcoat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [adjective] > other spatterdashed1848 Prince Albert1873 white tie1876 two-piecec1880 man-of-war1883 coat and skirt1895 Lovat1895 plus four1921 black tie1933 Savile Row1972 vested1976 1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 Oct. 5/8 (advt.) Save a great deal on a Tip Top vested suit. 1982 ‘W. R. Duncan’ Queen's Messenger viii. 74 Ross..nattily dressed as usual in his vested dark suit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.11671adj.21976 |
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