to vest
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7.0
- verb
- /vɛst/
- Formal
:
conferir
- The shareholder's vote will vest full authority in the board of directors to manage the company.
- vest power
- vest rights
- vest authority
The system under which we live vests power in one person.
- The system under which we live vests power in one person.
Examples
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The system under which we live vests power in one person.
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The new law will vest property rights in the local community to promote development.
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And I feel like a lot of us vest a lot of ourselves into the lives of other people.
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That means your stock options are guaranteed to vest.
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In ways we have come to accept, states vest local government with historically sovereign powers.
Academic text (2016) -
The constitution of our country vests the right of electing members of the House of Commons in the people.
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The 1962 Constitution vests executive power in the Amir.
Academic text (1995) -
The Constitution vests the president with the power to make treaties "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate."
Academic text (1997) -
Uh, it is an interpretation that few, like myself, happen to believe, in Article II of the Constitution that vests the president with absolute executive authority.
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After the legal battle, the court decided to vest the ownership of the land back to its original owner.
Synonyms
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3.7
Give someone the right to do or have something
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6.2
To give someone official power or a job, often in a ceremony
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8.2
To officially give control, ownership or rights to someone else
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5.5
To officially give property or rights to someone
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6.6
To give land to someone so they legally own it
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How Legal
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Etymology
Vest (verb) comes from the Latin vestire meaning 'to clothe', and a helpful image is putting a robe on someone; to 'vest' someone with a right is to 'clothe' them with that power, which is why it means to give a legal right.