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
- 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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