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• v  provide with power and authority
  They vested the council with special rights
• v  place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
  She vested her vast fortune in her two sons
• v  become legally vested
• v  clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
• v  clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
• s  fixed and absolute and without contingency
  a vested right

• Azmi's activism has angered both Hindu and Muslim radicals as well as a variety of vested interests.
• Its name, organizers say, reflects that juries made up of regular people can make decisions about complex problems with integrity and without any vested interests qualities the .
• The Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, and the vested interests that support him believe economic growth requires the constant pouring of concrete.

• invest
• vest
• enthrone
• robe

• divest

News & Articles

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• Ravens cut ties with Vonta Leach
  The Baltimore Ravens Tuesday re-signed veteran tight end Billy Bajema after terminating the contract of vested veteran fullback Vonta Leach, general manager and executive vice president Ozzie Newsome announced.
  June 11, 2013 - WBAL-TV Baltimore
• Public hearing Tuesday on North Shore beaches
  REVERE — Sen. Thomas McGee is hoping that residents, friends groups and anyone with a vested interest in seeing the North Shore’s beaches thrive will turn out for the Metropolitan Beach Commission hearing, Tuesday at the Jack Satter House.
  June 9, 2013 - The Daily Item

Quotes

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• David Cameron in AFP
  Once again, under Gordon Brown the vested interests triumph and the people lose out,Conservative leader David Cameron said at the weekend.
• Anthony Kennedy in Newsday
  Blankenship's extraordinary contributions were made at a time when he had a vested stake in the outcome,wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy, for the majority. "Just as no man is allowed to be the judge in his own cause, similar fears of bias can...