vest

noun

A sleeveless garment, often having buttons down the front, worn usually over a shirt or blouse and sometimes as part of a three-piece suit.

noun

A waist-length, sleeveless garment worn for protection.

noun

A fabric trim worn to fill in the neckline of a woman’s garment; a vestee.

noun

An undershirt.

noun

An ecclesiastical vestment.

intransitive verb

To place (authority, property, or rights, for example) in the control of a person or group, especially to give someone an immediate right to present or future possession or enjoyment of (an estate, for example). Used with in.

intransitive verb

To invest or endow (a person or group) with something, such as power or rights. Used with with.

intransitive verb

To clothe or robe, as in ecclesiastical vestments.

intransitive verb

To become legally vested.

intransitive verb

To dress oneself, especially in ecclesiastical vestments.