vêtir (vêtant, vêtu), v.a., to clothe, to vest, to array, to dress.
se vêtir, v.r., to put on one’s clothes, to dress one’s self.
vétiver (-vèr), n.m., (bot.) whorl-flowered bent-grass.
veto (vé-tô), n.m., (n.p.) veto.
vêtu, -e, part., dressed, clothed, clad, arrayed. Mal —; ill-dressed. — de blanc, de noir; dressed in white, in black.
vêture, n.f., taking the habit or the veil (of friars and nuns). [Prise d’habit is more frequently used.]
vétusté, n.f., antiquity, oldness, decay.
vétyver (-vèr), n.m. V. vétiver.
veu-f, -ve, n. and adj., widower; widow; widowed. Cette église est —ve de son évêque; this church is deprived of its bishop. Eglise —ve; a church no longer, a cathedral. Epouser la —; (pop.) to be guillotined.
veule, adj., (gard.) too light (of earth); long, small and weak (branches); (pers.) weak, powerless.