vest

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See also: vést and vešt

English

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Etymology

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From French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-ti(h₂)-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Spanish vestir.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

vest (plural vests)

  1. (now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
  2. (now Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
  3. (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
  4. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
  5. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
    • 2010, Thomas Mullen, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, Random House, →ISBN, page 162:
      He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest if you could still get gunned to death?
  6. A vestment.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.
  7. Clothing generally; array; garb.
    • (Can we date this quote by William Wordsworth and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Not seldom clothed in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn.

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Translations

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Verb

vest (third-person singular simple present vests, present participle vesting, simple past and past participle vested)

  1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
    • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      With ether vested, and a purple sky.
  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
    • (Can we date this quote by Prior and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Had I been vested with the monarch's power.
  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.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Locke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Empire and dominion was vested in him.
  4. (obsolete) To invest; to put.
    to vest money in goods, land, or houses
  5. (law) 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
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
  6. (law, 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.
  7. (financial, 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.
    • 2005, Kaye A. Thomas, Consider Your Options, page 104
      If you doubt that you'll stick around at the company long enough for your options to vest, you should discount the value for that uncertainty as well.
    • 2007, Ransey Guy Cole, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit), Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony ATV Publishing, LLC
      Sony interpreted 17 U.S.C. § 304 as requiring that the author be alive at the start of the copyright renewal term for the author’s prior assignments to vest.

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.

Noun

vest c (singular definite vesten, not used in plural form)

  1. the west
Inflection
Declension of vest
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative vest vesten
genitive vests vestens
Derived terms

Adverb

vest

  1. toward the west, westwards

Etymology 2

From French veste.

Noun

vest c (singular definite vesten, plural indefinite veste)

  1. A vest.
Inflection
Declension of vest
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vest vesten veste vestene
genitive vests vestens vestes vestenes

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vest, veste. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

vest f (plural vesten, diminutive vestje n)

  1. fortified wall, city wall
  2. moat
  3. boulevard
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis.

Noun

vest n (plural vesten, diminutive vestje n)

  1. vest, cardigan, waistcoat
Derived terms

Latvian

Verb

vest (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present vedu, ved, ved, past vedu)

  1. to lead

Conjugation

conjugation of vest
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es vedu vedu vedīšu —
2nd pers. sg. tu ved vedi vedīsi ved
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa ved veda vedīs lai ved
1st pers. pl. mēs vedam vedām vedīsim vedīsim
2nd pers. pl. jūs vedat vedāt vedīsiet,
vedīsit 		vediet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas ved veda vedīs lai ved
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present vedot Present Active 1 (Adj.) vedošs
Past esot vedis Present Active 2 (Adv.) vezdams
Future vedīšot Present Active 3 (Adv.) vedot
Imperative lai vedot Present Active 4 (Obj.) vedam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active vedis
Present vestu Present Passive vedams
Past būtu vedis Past Passive vests
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jāved Infinitive (nenoteiksme) vest
Conjunctive 1 esot jāved Negative Infinitive nevest
Conjunctive 2 jāvedot Verbal noun vešana

Norwegian Bokmål

vest

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.

Noun

vest n (indeclinable abbreviation, V)

  2. west (compass point)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from vest
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Etymology 2

From Latin vestis, via French [Term?] and Italian [Term?].

Noun

vest m (definite singular vesten, indefinite plural vester, definite plural vestene)

  2. a waistcoat
Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.

Noun

vest n (indeclinable) (abbreviation: V)

  1. west (compass point)
Antonyms
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Latin vestis, via French and Italian.

Noun

vest m (definite singular vesten, indefinite plural vestar, definite plural vestane)

  1. a waistcoat
Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German West.

Noun

vest n (uncountable)

  1. west

Declension

declension of vest (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) vest vestul
genitive/dative (unui) vest vestului
vocative vestule

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Romansch

Etymology

From a Germanic language.

Noun

vest m

  1. west

Antonyms

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věstь, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know, perceive”).

Noun

vȇst f (Cyrillic spelling ве̑ст)

  1. report, news

Declension

Declension of vest
singular plural
nominative vȇst vesti
genitive vesti véstī
dative vesti vesti
accusative vest vesti
vocative vesti vesti
locative vesti vestima
instrumental vešću / vesti vestima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *věstь.

Pronunciation

Noun

vẹ̑st f

  1. conscience

Inflection

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Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. vést
gen. sing. vestí
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		vést vestí vestí
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		vestí vestí vestí
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		vésti vestéma vestém
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		vést vestí vestí
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		vésti vestéh vestéh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		vestjó vestéma vestmí
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