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"
accredit, authorize, certify, charter [British], commission, empower, enable, invest, license (also licence), qualify, warrant
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
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
2
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
- vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney
commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over
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
3
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
- the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress
bestow, contribute, donate, give, present, show
furnish, provide, supply
extend, offer, proffer
allocate, appropriate, assign
appoint, designate, dub, fix, name, set
abort, call, call off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke
abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off
recant, retract, take back, withdraw
