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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la vestis}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwɛs.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvɛs.ti.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''vestiō''' (present infinitive vestīre, perfect active vestīvī or vestiī, supine vestītum); fourth conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[vestis]] “clothing” with the verb suffix [[-iō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil has an old imperfect ⟨vestībat⟩, and Prudentius an infinitive ⟨vestīrier⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of clothing and of providing clothes.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to clothe, dress, provide with clothing, as in Plautus, and in Apuleius to dress in a certain way.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Cicero it was used figuratively of covering with skin, hair or foliage, of land covered with vegetation, of covering for ornament, and of light or sprinkled water.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it of clothing ideas in words.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to dress, clothe, vest, decorate.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin ''vestīre'' meant to put into possession, invest, and through Old French ''vestir'' it gave [[en|vest]] in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline) It survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''vestire'', ''vestir'' and French ''vêtir''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of clothing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of covering and of clothing ideas.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil has ''vestībat''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''vest'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To clothe, dress; to provide with clothing.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To cover with skin, hair or foliage.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To cover, adorn.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To clothe ideas in words.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To [[m|en|invest]], put into possession.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[circumvestiō]]
+ * [[dēvestiō]]
+ * [[investiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[vestiārium]]
+ * [[vestiārius]]
+ * [[vesticula]]
+ * [[vestifica]]
+ * [[vestificīna]]
+ * [[vestificus]]
+ * [[vestifluus]]
+ * [[vestīmentum]]
+ * [[vestiplica]]
+ * [[vestiplicus]]
+ * [[vestis]]
+ * [[en|vest]]
+ * [[en|invest]]
+ * [[en|travesty]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}