Vest

vest, n. An article of clothing covering the per- son; an outer garment; any outer covering; a waist am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, VEX coat or body garment for men, without sleeves, and worn under the coat. — v. To clothe with a gar. ment, or as if with a garment to cover, surround, or encompa closely to put in po e ion, furnish, endow, invest. (Law.) To give an immediate fixed right of present or future po e ion or enjoyment? to place at the disposal of. — v. To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right. [L. vest is, a garment, a cloth or covering; rt. Skr. vas, to put on (clothes), Goth, gawasjan, to — clothe, wast i, clothes, E. divest, invest, travesty.]