(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a piece of underwear which you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep warm. (BRIT; in AM, use undershirt )
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt. (AM; in BRIT, use waistcoat )
N-COUNT
3.
If something is ~ed in you, or if you are ~ed with it, it is given to you as a right or responsibility. (FORMAL)
All authority was ~ed in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...
The mass media have been ~ed with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...
There’s an extraordinary amount of power ~ed in us.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed in n, be V-ed with n, V-ed