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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: vestir 'to clothe, invest', from Latin vestire 'to clothe', from vestis; VEST1

vest

2 verb
     
vest2 law

vest something in somebody

phrasal verb
to give someone the official right to do or own something:
Copyright is vested in the author for 50 years.
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