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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"
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to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
- vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney
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to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
- the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress
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The first known use of vest was in the 15th century
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