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vext
English
Verb
vext
- (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of vex
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"
- What happiness to reign a lonely king,
Vext — O ye stars that shudder over me,
O earth that soundest hollow under me,
Vext with waste dreams?
- What happiness to reign a lonely king,
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"
- And that same night, the night of the new year,
By reason of the bitterness and grief
That vext his mother, all before his time
Was Arthur born [...]
- And that same night, the night of the new year,
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "Holy Grail"
- [...] and thence
Taking my war-horse from the holy man,
Glad that no phantom vext me more, return'd
To whence I came, the gate of Arthur's wars.
- [...] and thence
- 1859, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, "The Coming of Arthur"
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vest
English
Etymology
From French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-ti(h?)-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit ?????? (vastra) and Spanish vestir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
vest (plural vests)
- (now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
- (now Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
- (Britain) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
- 2010, Thomas Mullen, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, Random House, ?ISBN, page 162:
- He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest if you could still get gunned to death?
- 2010, Thomas Mullen, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, Random House, ?ISBN, page 162:
- A vestment.
- 1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite
- In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.
- 1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite
- Clothing generally; array; garb.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, [unnamed poem] (classified under Inscriptions)
- Not seldom, clad in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, [unnamed poem] (classified under Inscriptions)
Synonyms
- (garment worn under a shirt): singlet, tank top (US), undershirt (US)
- (garment worn over a shirt): waistcoat (Britain)
Hyponyms
- (sleeveless outergarment): safety vest, scrimmage vest, fishing vest
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
vest (third-person singular simple present vests, present participle vesting, simple past and past participle vested)
- (chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- 1697, John Dryden, Aeneid
- With ether vested, and a purple sky.
- 1697, John Dryden, Aeneid
- 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
- c. 1718, Matthew Prior, “To Mr. Howard – An Ode”:
- Had thy poor breast receiv’d an equal pain; / Had I been vested with the monarch’s power; / Thou must have sigh’d, unlucky youth, in vain; / Nor from my bounty hadst thou found a cure.
- 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.
- , Book I
- Empire and dominion […] was vested in him.
- (obsolete) To invest; to put.
- to vest money in goods, land, or houses
- (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
- an estate is vested in possession
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
- (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.
- (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.
- 2005, Kaye A. Thomas, Consider Your Options, page 104
- If you doubt that you'll stick around at the company long enough for your options to vest, you should discount the value for that uncertainty as well.
- 2007, Ransey Guy Cole, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit), Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony ATV Publishing, LLC
- Sony interpreted 17 U.S.C. § 304 as requiring that the author be alive at the start of the copyright renewal term for the author’s prior assignments to vest.
Further reading
- vest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vest in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vest at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- ETVs, EVTs, vets
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?st/, [??sd?]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westr?.
Noun
vest c (singular definite vesten, not used in plural form)
- the west
Inflection
Derived terms
- nordvest
- sydvest
Adverb
vest
- toward the west, westwards
Etymology 2
From French veste.
Noun
vest c (singular definite vesten, plural indefinite veste)
- A vest.
Inflection
References
- “vest” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?st/
- Hyphenation: vest
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch vest, veste. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
vest f (plural vesten, diminutive vestje n)
- fortified wall, city wall
- moat
- boulevard
Synonyms
- veste
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis.
Noun
vest n (plural vesten, diminutive vestje n)
- vest, cardigan, waistcoat
Derived terms
- zwemvest
Latvian
Verb
vest (tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. vedu, ved, ved, past vedu)
- to lead
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westr?.
Noun
vest n (indeclinable abbreviation, V)
- west (compass point)
Antonyms
- øst
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin vestis, via French [Term?] and Italian [Term?].
Noun
vest m (definite singular vesten, indefinite plural vester, definite plural vestene)
- a waistcoat
Derived terms
- redningsvest
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westr?.
Noun
vest n (indeclinable) (abbreviation: V)
- west (compass point)
Antonyms
- aust
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin vestis, via French and Italian.
Noun
vest m (definite singular vesten, indefinite plural vestar, definite plural vestane)
- a waistcoat
Derived terms
- redningsvest
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German West.
Noun
vest n (uncountable)
- west
Declension
Synonyms
- apus, asfin?it, occident
Coordinate terms
- (compass points) punct cardinal;
Romansch
Etymology
From a Germanic language.
Noun
vest m
- west
Antonyms
- ost
- oriaint
Derived terms
- nordvest
- sidvest
Related terms
- nord
- sid
- nordost
- sidost
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian) vij?st
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *v?st?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know, perceive”).
Noun
v?st f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- report, news
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *v?st?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?é?st/
Noun
v??st f
- conscience
Inflection
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