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vesture

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
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/ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ · /ˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/

Definition of vesture

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A covering of, or like, clothing.
    “His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume.”
    “It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.”
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noun

  1. A covering of, or like, clothing.
    “His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume.”
    “It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.”

verb

  1. (archaic)To clothe.

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Etymology

From Middle English vesture (noun) and vesturen (verb), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French vesteüre, from Vulgar Latin vestītūra (“clothing”), from Latin vestītus, perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to clothe”), from vestis (“garment”).

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