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noun

• a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

• a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

verb

• provide with power and authority

• place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons

• become legally vested

• clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments

• clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

29%12 Growing bit by bit
adjective satellite

• increasing by successive addition

• marked by acquiring or amassing

29%7 Wearing down bit by bit
noun

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

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