Vesting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
                                                    --Milton.
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              With ether vested, and a purple sky.  --Dryden.
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     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.
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              Had I been vested with the monarch's power. --Prior.
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     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.
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              Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him.
                                                    --Locke.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vesting \Vest"ing\, n.
     Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.
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