vest.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 an undergarment worn on the upper part of the body.
2 US & Austral. a waistcoat.
3 a usu. V-shaped piece of material to fill the opening at the neck of a woman's dress.

--v.

1 tr. (esp. in passive; foll. by with) bestow or confer (powers, authority, etc.) on (a person).
2 tr. (foll. by in) confer (property or power) on (a person) with an immediate fixed right of immediate or future possession.
3 intr. (foll. by in) (of property, a right, etc.) come into the possession of (a person).
4 a tr. poet. clothe. b intr. Eccl. put on vestments.

vested interest 1 Law an interest (usu. in land or money held in trust) recognized as belonging to a person.
2 a personal interest in a state of affairs, usu. with an expectation of gain. [(n.) F veste f. It. veste f. L vestis garment: (v.) ME, orig. past part. f. OF vestu f. vestir f. L vestire vestit- clothe]

vest.html - n.
hist. a short wooden or wax match. [Vesta, Roman goddess of the hearth and household]

vest.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 chaste, pure.
2 of or relating to the Roman goddess Vesta.

--n.

1 a chaste woman, esp. a nun.
2 Rom. Antiq. a vestal virgin.

vestal virgin Rom. Antiq. a virgin consecrated to Vesta and vowed to chastity, who shared the charge of maintaining the sacred fire burning on the goddess's altar. [ME f. L vestalis (adj. & n.) (as VESTA)]

vest.html - n.
= VEST n. 3.

vest.html - n. & adj.
--n.

(pl. -ies)
1 a vestry.
2 a robing-room; a cloakroom.

--adj.

of or relating to clothes or dress. [ME f. OF vestiarie, vestiaire: see VESTRY]

vest.html - n.
1 a an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building. b a porch of a church etc.
2 US an enclosed entrance to a railway-carriage.
3 Anat. a a chamber or channel communicating with others. b part of the mouth outside the teeth. c the central cavity of the labyrinth of the inner ear.

vestibular adj. [F vestibule or L vestibulum entrance-court]