1. Legally or unconditionally fixed and absolute, without contingency
   "a vested interest in the property"

1. Provide with power and authority
   "They vested the council with special rights";
   - invest, enthrone
    
2. Place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
   "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"
    
3. Become legally vested
   "The property vests in the trustees"
    
4. Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
   "The priest was vested for the ceremony";
   - robe
    
5. Clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
   "The bishop vested before the mass"

See also: unconditional, unconditioned

Type of: apparel [archaic], change hands, change owners, clothe, dress, dress up, enclothe [rare], fit out, garb, garment, give, habilitate [archaic], instal [Brit], install, raiment [archaic], tog [informal]

Antonym: disinvest

Encyclopedia: Vested