vest

(chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.

To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.

To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.

(law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.

(law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.

(financial, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.

(obsolete) To invest; to put.