v. i.
To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law. →
v. i.
To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light. →
n.
Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule. →
v. t.
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. →
a.
Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower. →