vest

1. (passive)To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

2. 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

   provide with power and authority

3. 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.

   , Book I Empire and dominion […] was vested in him.

   place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons

4. To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.

   to vest a person with an estate

   an estate is vested in possession

5. (intransitive)(of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.

   Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.

6. (intransitive)To become vested, to become permanent.

   My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.

   become legally vested

7. (obsolete)To invest; to put.

   to vest money in goods, land, or houses

1. Tom wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest.

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2. Tom isn't wearing a bulletproof vest.

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3. Tom is wearing a bulletproof vest.

   ruТом в бронежилете.

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4. Tom wasn't wearing his bulletproof vest.

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5. Tom bought his dog a vest.

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