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vesture
[ ves-cher ]
noun
- Law.
- everything growing on and covering the land, with the exception of trees.
- any such covering, as grass or wheat.
- Archaic.
- clothing; garments.
- something that covers like a garment; covering.
verb (used with object)
, ves·tured, ves·tur·ing.
- Archaic. to clothe or cover.
vesture
/ ˈvɛstʃə /
noun
- archaic.a garment or something that seems like a garment
a vesture of cloud
- law
- everything except trees that grows on the land
- a product of the land, such as grass, wheat, etc
verb
- archaic.tr to clothe
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Derived Forms
- ˈvestural, adjective
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Other Words From
- vestur·al adjective
- non·vesture noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vesture1
C14: from Old French, from vestir, from Latin vestīre, from vestis clothing
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Example Sentences
Wrapped in their fiery vesture and shroud of flame, they yet exulted in their glorious victory.
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At the moment of the Revolution everyone, according to his aspirations, dressed the new belief in a different rational vesture.
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They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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They have to hope: they have to believe that as a vesture they shall be changed, and that the new will be better than the old.
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He was looking through and beyond them, at the vesture, ragged and soaked with blood, which so indubitably wanted changing.
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