The Clue
Empower (4 letter answer)
The Answer
VEST
Tags
Notes
The answer VEST is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clothe
Endow
Grant
Jerkin
Life ___
Preserver
Tattersall ___
Waistcoat
Weskit
Flotation device
Gilet or jerkin
Jacket accompanier
Londoner's waistcoat
___-pocket (tiny)
Police protection
Sleeveless garb
Sleeveless garment
Suit adjunct
Suit part
Tattersall garment
Third piece
One of three pieces
Undershirt, in Leeds
Close place for cards
Feature of many a suit
Flak jacket, e.g.
Life jacket, e.g.
A piece of a three-piece
Play it close to the ___
Provide, as with legal authority
V-neck garment
Item under a jacket, maybe
Clothing item worn over a shirt
It may be under a jacket
Third piece of a three-piece suit
Definition
VEST as a noun:
1. (vest, waistcoat) = a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
2. (singlet, vest, undershirt) = a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
VEST as a verb:
1. (invest, vest, enthrone) = provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
2. place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"
3. become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees"
4. clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
5. (vest, robe) = clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes