Meaning of INVEST
| Pronunciation: | | in'vest
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- [v] make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
- [v] place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "We were inducted into the honor society"
- [v] provide with power and authority
- [v] furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- [v] give qualities or abilities to
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| | Synonyms: | | adorn, clothe, commit, empower, endow, endue, enthrone, gift, induct, indue, place, put, seat, vest |
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| | Antonyms: | | divest, divest | | |
| | See Also: | | buy into, consecrate, coronate, cover, crown, drop, enable, equip, expend, fit, fit out, fund, install, job, ordain, order, ordinate, outfit, speculate, spend, throne, tie up | |
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\In*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invested}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Investing}.] [L. investire, investitum; pref. in- in +
vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See
{Vest}.]
1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; --
opposed to {divest}. Usually followed by with, sometimes
by in; as, to invest one with a robe.
2. To put on. [Obs.]
Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser.
3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in
possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to
adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or
glory; to invest with an estate.
I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak.
4. To surround, accompany, or attend.
Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the
guilt. --Hawthorne.
5. To confer; to give. [R.]
It investeth a right of government. --Bacon.
6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so
as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent
escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.
7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the ?iew of
obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank
stock.
\In*vest"\, v. i.
To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually
followed by in.
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