Vest \Vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.]

[Cf. L. vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F. v[^e]tir. See Vest, n.]

1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. [1913 Webster]

Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

With ether vested, and a purple sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death. [1913 Webster]

Had I been vested with the monarch's power. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts. [1913 Webster]

Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

4. To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. [R.]

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5. (Law) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Vested \Vest"ed\, a.

1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. "The vested priest." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. [1913 Webster]

Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in praesenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. --Blackstone.

Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. --Blackstone. --Kent. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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vested adj : fixed and absolute and without contingency; "a vested right"

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Vest \Vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.]

[Cf. L. vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F. v[^e]tir. See Vest, n.]

1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. --Milton.

With ether vested, and a purple sky. --Dryden.

2. To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.

Had I been vested with the monarch's power. --Prior.

3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.

Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him. --Locke.

4. To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses. [R.]

5. (Law) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession. --Bouvier.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Vested \Vest"ed\, a.

1. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments. ``The vested priest.'' --Milton.

2. (Law) Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.

Vested legacy (Law), a legacy the right to which commences in pr[ae]senti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to twenty-one years of age is a vested legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. --Blackstone.

Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. --Blackstone. --Kent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)