vesture

(ves′c̸hər)

noun

Origin: OFr < VL vestitura < L vestire, to clothe: see vest

transitive verb vestured, vesturing

Archaic to cover; clothe

See vesture in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

transitive verb ves·tured, ves·tur·ing, ves·tures

To cover with vesture; clothe.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *vestītūra

Origin: , from Latin vestītus

Origin: , past participle of vestīre, to clothe

Origin: , from vestis, garment; see vest

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