| Main Entry: | vest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, entrust |
Synonyms: |
belong, bestow, confer, consign, empower, endow, furnish, invest, lodge, pertain, place, put in the hands of, settle |
Antonyms: |
disapprove |
| Main Entry: | appertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belong, be connected |
Synonyms: |
apply, be characteristic of, be part of, be pertinent, be proper, be relevant, bear, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch upon, vest |
| Main Entry: | authorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give power or control |
Synonyms: |
accredit, bless, commission, empower, enable, entitle, give authority, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the word, invest, license, okay, rubber-stamp, say the word, vest |
Antonyms: |
deny, reject |
| Main Entry: | belong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be part of, be in proper place |
Synonyms: |
accord, agree, appertain, apply, associate, attach to, be a component, be a constituent, be a part, be akin, be an adjunct of, be connected with, be fitting, be linked with, be related, be relevant, bear, bear upon, become, befit, chime, concern, correlate, correspond, exist, fit, go, go with, harmonize, have relationship to, have respect to, have to do with, inhere, match, permeate, pertain, refer, regard, reside, set, suit, touch, vest |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
Synonyms: |
accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest |
Antonyms: |
reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confer trust, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, depend upon, deposit, depute, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, give to do, grant authority, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, intrust, invest, leave to, make responsible for, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, put in the hands of, relegate, rely upon, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, turn over to, vest |
Antonyms: |
keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | empower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, enable |
Synonyms: |
accredit, allow, capacitate, charge, commission, delegate, entitle, entrust, grant, invest, legitimize, license, okay, permit, privilege, qualify, sanction, vest, warrant |
Antonyms: |
disenfranchise, refuse, reject, revoke |
| Main Entry: | invest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give power or authority |
Synonyms: |
adopt, authorize, bequeath, charge, consecrate, empower, endow, endue, enthrone, establish, honor, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, license, ordain, sanction, vest |
Antonyms: |
divest, take away |
| Main Entry: | pertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be relevant to |
Synonyms: |
affect, appertain, apply, associate, be appropriate, be part of, be pertinent, bear on, befit, belong, combine, concern, connect, inhere with, join, refer, regard, relate, touch, vest |