Vest
noun
- 1.
- (a man's close fitting, waistlength sleeveless colorless garment, a woman's similar garment, a waistcoat) អាវកាក់ម៉្យាង, អាវយឺត
verb — past tense: vested ; past participle: vested ; present participle: vesting ;
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ផ្ទេរអោយ
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To become vested, in a person) ជារបស់
Example: A woolen vest, a bulletproof vest. - 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to place [some right power of property] in the control of a person or group, with in) ផ្គត់ផ្គង់, បូក, ពាស, ឲ្យមុខងារ, ឲ្យមានកិត្តិយស, ប្រគល់អំណាចឬតំណែង vest him with powers ផ្ទេរអោយ (អំណាច), vest power in the people អោយ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
- 2.
- Any outer covering; array; garb.
- 3.
- Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
verb — past tense: vested ; past participle: vested ; present participle: vesting ;
- 1.
- To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- 2.
- To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
- 3.
- To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
- 4.
- To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.
- 5.
- To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.