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Vesting
- verb - become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees"
- clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
- clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
- place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"
- provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
Vestlet
- - Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.
Vestris
- noun - Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808)
Vesture
- noun - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
- provide or cover with a cloak
- something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in a vesture of green"
Visaged
- adjective - having a face or visage as specified; "gloomy-visaged funeral directors"
Visages
- noun - the appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage"
- the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
Visaing
- verb - approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed"
- provide (a passport) with a visa
Visayan
- noun - a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
Viscera
- noun - internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'"
Viscose
- noun - a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda
- a rayon fabric made from viscose (cellulose xanthate) fibers