Not seldom clothed in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the morn.
Wordsworth.
3. Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn
under the coat.
Syn. — Garment; vesture; dress; robe; vestment; waistcoat. — Vest,
Waistcoat. In England, the original word waistcoat is generally used
for the body garment worn over the shirt and immediately under the
coat. In the United States this garment is commonly called a vest, and
the waistcoat is often improperly given to an under-garment.
Vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.] [Cf. L.
vestire, vestitum, OF. vestir, F. vêtir. 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.