1. (

• invest ,
• vest ,
• enthrone ,

) provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" ;

2. (

• vest ,

) place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons" ;

3. (

• vest ,

) become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees" ;

4. (

• vest ,

) clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments ;

5. (

• vest ,
• robe

) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes ;

1. (

• vested

) fixed and absolute and without contingency; "a vested right" ;