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VESTED

\vˈɛstɪd], \vˈɛstɪd], \v_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_d]\

Definitions of VESTED

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

of Vest
Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

of Vest
Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Having vestments; robed.
Held by a tenure subject to no contingency.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Clothed; fixed; not in a state of contingency or suspension. A vested legacy, a bequest which does not depend on contingencies or become lapsed by death of the testator.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Fixed; not in a state of contingency.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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