Dictionary

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.

Example: to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death

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

Example: The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.

To invest; to put.

Example: to vest money in goods, land, or houses

Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.

Dressed or clothed, especially in vestments.

Example: The Pope, vested in mitre and cope, is greeted by a newly created Cardinal.