vest

noun

• US & Australian a close-fitting waist-length garment, typically having no sleeves or collar and buttoning down the front.
• a sleeveless garment worn on the upper part of the body for a particular purpose or activity:a running vest a bulletproof vest
• a piece of material showing at the neck of a woman’s dress.
• British an undershirt.

verb

• 1 [with object] (usually be vested in) confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone:executive power is vested in the president
• (usually be vested with) give (someone) the legal right to power, property, etc.:he alone is vested with the authority to steer the country’s economy
• [no object] (vest in) (of power, property, etc.) come into the possession of:the bankrupt’s property vests in his trustee

• 2 [no object] (of a chorister or member of the clergy) put on vestments.
• [with object] literary dress (someone):the Speaker vested him with a rich purple robe