English Dictionary

vest

IPA（発音記号）

/vɛst/

動詞

受動態 自動詞 廃用

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

日本語の意味

服を着せる / 衣装をまとわせる / 密着して覆う

They vest the choir in crimson robes before the procession begins.

行列が始まる前に、彼らは合唱団に深紅のローブを着せる。

意味（1）

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

Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.

意味（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

意味（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.

意味（4）

(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

意味（5）

(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.

意味（6）

(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.

意味（7）

(obsolete) To invest; to put.

to vest money in goods, land, or houses

vests （ present singular third-person ）

vesting （ participle present ）

vested （ participle past ）

vested （ past ）