vest

• accord
• accredit
• advance
• affirm
• allocate
• allow
• appoint
• appropriate
• approve
• assign
• authorize
• award
• belong
• bequeath
• bestow
• certify
• charter
• clear
• commend
• commission
• commit
• confer
• confide
• confirm
• consign
• contribute
• credential
• delegate
• deliver
• designate
• dispense
• disperse
• distribute
• divide
• donate
• dub
• empower
• enable
• endorse
• endow
• enfranchise
• entitle
• entrust
• extend
• fix
• furnish
• give
• give over
• grant
• hand
• hand down
• hand in
• hand on
• hand over
• inaugurate
• indorse
• induct
• initiate
• install
• instate
• intrust
• invest
• leave
• lend
• let
• licence
• license
• loan
• lodge
• name
• offer
• ok
• okay
• pass
• permit
• pertain
• place
• present
• privilege
• proffer
• provide
• put in the hands of
• qualify
• recommend
• recommit
• redeliver
• release
• relinquish
• repose
• retransfer
• retransmit
• sanction
• set
• settle
• show
• submit
• supply
• surrender
• swear in
• transfer
• transmit
• trust
• turn in
• turn over
• validate
• warrant
• will
• yield

• abort
• abrogate
• accept
• annul
• ban
• bar
• block
• call
• call off
• constrain
• deny
• detain
• disallow
• disapprove
• disbar
• discourage
• disenfranchise
• disfranchise
• dislodge
• disqualify
• drop
• enjoin
• exclude
• forbid
• hinder
• hold
• hold back
• impede
• inhibit
• interdict
• invalidate
• keep
• leave
• nullify
• obstruct
• occupy
• outlaw
• own
• possess
• prevent
• prohibit
• proscribe
• recall
• recant
• receive
• refuse
• repeal
• rescind
• reserve
• retain
• retract
• revoke
• shut out
• stop
• take
• take back
• take in
• take over
• veto
• void
• withdraw
• withhold
• write off

• noun
  1. A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
  2. A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
  3. 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.
  6. A vestment.
  7. Clothing generally; array; garb.
• verb
  1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
  2. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
  3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
  4. To invest; to put.
  5. To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
  6. (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
  7. (financial) To become vested, to become permanent.

• He wore a bulletproof vest for protection.
• She bought a stylish vest for the winter.
• The safety vest is required on the construction site.
• He took off his vest and hung it on the chair.
• The company decided to vest its employees with stock options.

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