[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.", "a part or trimming simulating the front of such a garment; vestee.Compare dickey1(def1) dickey1(def1).", "a waist-length garment worn for protective purposes:a bulletproof vest.", "a sleeveless, waist- or hip-length garment made of various materials, with a front opening usually secured by buttons, a zipper, or the like, worn over a shirt, blouse, dress, or other article for style or warmth:a sweater vest; a down vest.", "British.an undervest or undershirt.", "a long garment resembling a cassock, worn by men in the time of Charles II.", "Archaic.dress; apparel.an outer garment, robe, or gown.an ecclesiastical vestment .", "dress; apparel.", "an outer garment, robe, or gown.", "an ecclesiastical vestment ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to clothe; dress; robe.", "to dress in ecclesiastical vestments :to vest a bishop.", "to cover or drape (an altar).", "to place or settle (something, especially property, rights, powers, etc.) in the possession or control of someone (usually followed byin):to vest authority in a new official.", "to invest or endow (a person, group, committee, etc.) with something, as powers, functions, or rights:to vest the board with power to increase production; to vest an employee with full benefits in the pension plan."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to put on vestments .", "to become vested a person, as a right.", "to devolve upon a person as possessor; pass into possession or ownership."]}]