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Vest

An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

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Verb group 2

Robe 84% connected

An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Robe 84% connected

An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Apparel 76% connected

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Clothe 76% connected

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enclothe 76% connected

To clothe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Garb 76% connected

Clothing in general.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Garment 76% connected

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Habilitate 76% connected

Qualified or entitled.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Install 76% connected

To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Raiment 76% connected

Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 8

Consecrate 76% connected

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coronate 76% connected

Alt. of Coronated

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crown 76% connected

of Crow

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enthrone 76% connected

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ordain 76% connected

To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ordinate 76% connected

Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

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Throne 76% connected

A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Investiture 74% connected

The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Investiture 74% connected

The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Robe 74% connected

An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Robe 74% connected

An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 6

Enthrone 92% connected

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Invest 92% connected

To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Robe 92% connected

An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Singlet 92% connected

An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Undershirt 92% connected

A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Waistcoat 92% connected

A short, sleeveless coat or garment for men, worn under the coat, extending no lower than the hips, and covering the waist; a vest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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