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vesture

  • /ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/

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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”).

noun vestures

  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.

verb vestures · vesturing · vestured

  1. archaic To clothe.

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@misc{vesture_2026,
  title = {vesture},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vesture},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}