Definition of: vest

(vest) noun
1. A short sleeveless jacket worn by men and sometimes by women under the coat; waistcoat; originally, a kind of cassock: in England chiefly a trade term.
2. A close jacket formerly worn by women; now, an extra piece of trimming on the front of the body or waist of a woman's dress, usually V–shaped.
3. An undervest or undershirt.
4. Clothing of any kind; vesture; array; dress.
5. Obs. An ecclesiastical vestment.
—v.t.
1. To confer (ownership, authority, etc.) upon some person or persons: usually with in.
2. To place ownership, control, or authority with (a person or persons).
3. To clothe or robe, as with vestments.
—v.i.
4. To clothe oneself, as in vestments.
5. To be or become vested; devolve. [<F veste <Ital. <L vestis clothing, a garment]