vestire

1 vestire [CL] 1 to clothe, dress (in quot. also spec. w. ref. to admission to religious order), (pass.) to get dressed, dress; b (refl.). c (eccl.) to vest, to put vestments on. d (pass.) to be clothed, dressed, (also p. ppl. as adj.) clothed, dressed. e (fig. or in fig. context). f (intr.) to get dressed, dress, (also) to get dressed up, dress up. c800 pauperes ~ire ‥ valeas Alcuin Ep. 209; dehinc ducatur ad radendum et ~iendum Lanfr. Const. 173; 1145 de hereditate mea dedi ‥ ad ~iendum predictos monachos Act. Hen. II I 17; angeli vestiunt mortuos resurgentes Vers. Cant. 20; c1360 predictus monachus omnes regentes artium ‥ ~ivit robis MunAcOx 223.  b 1200 dabit ‥ Roberto ‥ dim. m. ad se ~iendum CurR RC II 174; parcissime se ~iunt et viliter exhibent Map NC I 25 f. 20.  c sacerdos ~ietur in revestiario Ord. Ebor. I 43.  d caracalla qua ~iebatur Bede HE I 7 p. 18; s870 Hubba ‥ omnes sancte religionis schemate ~itos manu sua interfecit Chr. Angl. Peterb. 19; sindone vestitus R. Cant. Poems 7. 13; 1212 invenit eam jacentem mortuam et ~am super lectum suum SelPlCrown 64; delicatissime ~itus, muliebriter emollitus, faciem lavat E. Thrip. Collect. Stories 232; 1321 concessimus ‥ unam robam ‥ de panno quo ~ientur fratres et clerici nostri Reg. Kilmainham 2; 1461 major Oxon’ cum sex burgensibus ~itis in una secta MunCOx 221.  e c795 istae sunt deliciae quibus illos desideravi ~iri Alcuin Ep. 34; fallacias tuas et tegis nominibus et ~is exemplis Adel. ED 9; materiam veniat verbis vestire poesis Vinsauf PN 61; factor hominis / hominis hodie / se facie vestivit P. Blois Carm. 20. 16. 17; s1204 imago prefata [sc. Dei genetricis], admirantibus cunctis, cepit paulatim mamillas carnis emittere, et mirabiliter carne ~iri M. Par. Maj. II 487; ave mater et virago, / que vestisti carnis sago / vestientem lilia Walt. Wimb. Virgo 104; sapiencia regis virtutibus prudencie ~iti Quadr. Reg. Spec. 35.  f actus bibendi et ~iendi ‥ possunt vocari usus Ockham Pol. I 301; si quando meus excederet e medio pater ‥ potarem, amarem, ~irem, scortarer Liv. Op. 45. 2 to put on, don, wear. b (transf.) to take on, assume. calamistrati varia vellera ~ibunt, et exterior habitus interiora signabit G. Mon. VII 3 (ed. M. Reeve (Woodbridge, 2007) VII 113); fratris ego, tu servi ~ies vestis Liv. Op. 117.  b sepe columbinum vultum vestit leo dirus Walt. Wimb. Scel. 150. 3 to cover (thing) or bedeck with cloth or cloths, dress (also transf. or fig.). subdiaconum ‥ oportet ‥ ~ire et honestare altaria Egb. Pont. 10; ingruente festo virginis, gregoriana basilica contra augustinianam Mildretham obstinate ~itur Gosc. Lib. Mild. 1; fratres siquidem in refectorio prandentes non conjunctim ad mensas sedebunt ‥ sed divisim ac spaciatim ordinate, ut tabule honorifice ~iantur Cust. Cant. I 161; c1384 de oblacione ad altare sancte crucis ~ite Ac. Durh. 390. 4 (w. ref. to natural covering or sim., in quot. pass.) to have a covering (of), be clothed or covered (with): a (body with hair or sim.); b (land with vegetation, esp. crops, also leg.). a caput horribili ‥ scabrigine tectum / et pro crine cutis maculis vestita Alcuin SS Ebor 1101; mulierem barbatam, quae et cristam habuit ‥ crine ~itam Gir. TH II 20; 1251 duo homines ‥ venerunt ‥ cum duobus leporariis quorum unus fuit niger couueire et alter fauf ~itus SelPlForest 96; saguina animal est parvum ‥ facie cephi seu satyri pene ‥ ~ita pilo intus nigro, foris candido Caius Anim. f. 15.  b [mons] floribus depictus, immo usquequaque ~itus Bede HE I 7 p. 20; TRE erat dominium regis in civitate totum hospitatum, vel ~itum. quando comes W. ad firmam recepit, similiter ~itum fuit DB I 162ra; 1088 [terra] post decessum vitae ejus recedet in manum abbatis ‥ tam bene ~ita ut fuerit in die qua ‥ Chr. Rams. 233; qui habet x hidas, debet reddere vj hidas ~itas (Quad.) GAS 119; cernas tramites publicos ~itos pomiferis arboribus W. Malm. GP IV 153; abunde satis ‥ campi ~iuntur Gir. TH I 5; c1219 inquirendum ‥ de cujusmodi vestitura ~ita fuerunt singula essarta et non inbladata Pat 211; 1222 ista nemora mediocriter sunt ~ita preter Tichenho, quod nullam habet magnum [sic] arborem Dom. S. Paul. 13. 5 to fit a covering (esp. of boards or plates) to. 1275 in ij carpentariis conductis per xij dies pro molendino ‥ ~endo (Ac. Adisham) DCCant.; 1285 in j veteri caruca de novo ~ianda et emendanda, ij d. (Moundesmere) Ac. Man. Wint.; armarium ‥ intrinsecus ligno ~itum esse debet ne humor parietum libros humectet Obs. Barnwell 64; 1297 in una rota forinseca et alia intrinseca ad molendinum boriale ~iendis MinAc 829/27 r. 3; 1314 in j carpentario per j diem ~iante plaustr', ij d. (Pershore) Ac. Man. Westm. 22101; 1322 in servicio unius carpentarii ‥ rotam exteriorem [molendini] vestiend’ cum cc spykingis MinAc 1145/21 m. 22; 1451 in carucis shroudendis, chippandis, et ~iendis per annum, xij d. (Ac. John Houbard) Ac. Coll. Wint.. 6 (leg.) to invest (with land, office, or stipend). ij hidas ‥ quas Toret dederat ibi cum duabus filiabus suis, et ex eis semper fuerunt ~itae DB I 68rb; 1198 terram ‥ unde ~itus fuit et saisitus CurR I 45; ipsis terris ‥ saisitus obiit et ~itus Chr. Bury Cont. A f. 171; non prius ‥ quam per manus imperatoris de regalibus sint ~iti Capgr. Hen. 40; 1480 fecerunt ‥ David ‥ in ‥ possessione prefate domus ‥ ~iri Reg. Aberbr. II 181; reputarentur, ~irentur, et adjudicarentur fore in actuali et reali possessione Entries 645rb. 7 (leg., pactum ~itum) enforceable agreement involving pledge to action. pacta conventa, que nuda sunt aliquando et aliquando ~ita Fleta 120. 8 ? f. l. mentis inops caveas varias †vestire tabernas D. Bec. 1387.

2 vestire v. wiscare