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Synonyms for vested

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ves-tid

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛs tɪd

Définition of vested

Origin : "established, secured, settled," 1766, past participle adjective from vest (v.).

adj clothed
adj absolute

Example sentences :

Where the authority is vested in a board, that board is usually appointed by the governor.
Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

You have no vested interest to be imperilled by anything that I do.'
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

“They are the monied land-owners, the vested interests,” he put in.
Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson

Bessie is just awake, and has come out to survey her vested belongings.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

Matters from the smallest to the greatest were vested in the local power.
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

No discretion on either head should be vested in any local authority.
Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West

The majesty of the law had not vested Caldew with any dignity in the old butler's eyes.
Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

I'll remind you that this body is vested with all the dignity of the state of California.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

It discharged all the functions of government; all patronage was vested in it.
Extract from : « The Tribune of Nova Scotia » by W. L. (William Lawson) Grant

In fact, so cultured was his speech that I can fairly say it was vested with an Oxford accent.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

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