vesture
vestures
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present tense formof vesture (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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To enjoy a more extended gaze upon the clouds, those gorgeous vestures of the sun, Constance had ascended, by a winding path, to the edge of a steep cliff overhanging the river.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
The reality of man's intercourse with Eternity and with his fellow-men has died within these vestures, but the eyes of the public are satisfied, and never guess the corpse within.
From Among Famous Books by John Kelman
But whatever end or transformation, or unveiling may happen, that which creates beauty must have beauty in its essence, and the soul must cast off many vestures before it comes to itself.
From Imaginations and Reveries by George William Russell
From the castle they goe to a gate of the citie called Bab-Nassera, without the which standes a Mosquita, and therein they lay vp the sayd vestures very well kept and guarded.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt
The Mahometans use long loose vestures both of silk and cloth, most having hose or trowsers of cotton, and white shoes or slippers.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr
