vest | Definition of vest

1 to give official or legal power to

"By the power vested in me by the state," intoned the minister, "I now pronounce that you are married"

Synonyms of vest

accredit, authorize, certify, charter [British], commission, empower, enable, invest, license (also licence), qualify, warrant

Words Related to vest

approve, clear, credential, endorse (also indorse), OK (or okay), sanction

affirm, confirm, validate

inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, swear in

allow, let, permit

enfranchise, entitle, privilege

Near Antonyms of vest

ban, bar, block, constrain, deny, disallow, disbar, discourage, disenfranchise, disfranchise, exclude, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, shut out, stop

enjoin, forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, veto

Antonyms of vest

disqualify

2 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney

Synonyms of vest

commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over

Words Related to vest

confer, grant

assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide

hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield

bequeath, hand down, hand on, will

advance, lend, loan

furnish, supply

recommit, redeliver, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms of vest

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold

own, possess

accept, receive, take in

occupy, take, take over

Antonyms of vest

hold, keep, retain

3 to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly

the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress

Synonyms of vest

accord, award, confer, grant

Words Related to vest

bestow, contribute, donate, give, present, show

furnish, provide, supply

extend, offer, proffer

allocate, appropriate, assign

appoint, designate, dub, fix, name, set

Near Antonyms of vest

abort, call, call off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke

abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void

Synonyms and Antonyms of vest

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