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vest

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms 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, regive, 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, write off

recant, retract, take back, withdraw

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