VESTED

Scrabble

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V(4) E(1) S(1) T(1) E(1) D(2)

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Definition

verb

To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
“to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death”
To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
“The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.”
To invest; to put.
“to vest money in goods, land, or houses”
To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
“an estate is vested in possession”

adjective

Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.
Dressed or clothed, especially in vestments.
“The Pope, vested in mitre and cope, is greeted by a newly created Cardinal.”