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(Entry 1 of 2)
as in dressed, attired
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vested
verb
past tense of vest
Synonyms & Antonyms of vested (Entry 2 of 2)
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 for vested
- accredited,
- authorized,
- certified,
- chartered
- [British],
- commissioned,
- empowered,
- enabled,
- invested,
- licensed
- (also licenced),
- qualified,
- warranted
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- approved,
- cleared,
- credentialed
- (also credentialled),
- endorsed
- (also indorsed),
- OK'd
- (or okayed),
- sanctioned
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2
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
- vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney
Synonyms for vested
- commended,
- committed,
- confided,
- consigned,
- delegated,
- delivered,
- entrusted
- (also intrusted),
- gave,
- gave over,
- handed,
- handed over,
- left,
- passed,
- recommended,
- reposed,
- transferred,
- transmitted,
- trusted,
- turned over
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3
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 vested was in 1766
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