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Invest Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Invest? [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 Synonyms \| Synonyms for Invest: adorn \| clothe \| commit \| empower \| endow \| endue \| enthrone \| gift \| induct \| indue \| place \| put \| seat \| vest Related Terms \| Find terms related to Invest: accommodate \| afford \| allot \| anoint \| apparel \| arm \| array \| attire \| authorize \| base \| bedeck \| bedrape \| beleaguer \| bequeath \| beset \| besiege \| bless with \| blockade \| box \| budget \| build \| build in \| bundle up \| buy in \| buy into \| case \| chair \| close \| clothe \| clothe with power \| compass \| compass about \| consecrate \| contribute \| cost \| cost out \| crate \| crown \| deck \| deputize \| devote \| dight \| disburse \| donate \| dower \| drape \| dress \| dud \| embay \| embosom \| embox \| embrace \| empower \| enable \| encapsulate \| encase \| encircle \| enclasp \| enclose \| enclothe \| encompass \| endow \| endow with \| endue \| enfold \| enlist \| enrobe \| enroll \| enshroud \| enthrone \| envelop \| environ \| enwrap \| establish \| expend \| favor with \| fill \| fill up \| financier \| find \| fix \| fork out \| found \| fund \| furnish \| garb \| garment \| give \| go around \| go round \| go through \| grace with \| ground \| habilitate \| harass \| harry \| honor \| imbue \| inaugurate \| incur costs \| induct \| ingrain \| initiate \| inoculate \| install \| instate \| invest in \| involve \| keep \| lap \| lay out \| lay out money \| lay siege to \| lay the foundation \| leaven \| maintain \| make an investment \| make available \| make provision for \| muffle up \| open the purse \| ordain \| outlay \| pack \| package \| pay \| pay out \| pitch \| place \| place in office \| plant \| plow back into \| plunge \| prepare \| present \| provide \| provide for \| put \| put in \| put out \| put up \| rag out \| raiment \| recruit \| reinvest \| replenish \| risk \| robe \| run through \| schedule \| seat \| set \| set up \| settle on \| settle upon \| sheathe \| shell out \| shroud \| sign on \| sign up \| sink \| sink money in \| smother \| soften up \| speculate \| spend \| splurge \| squander \| steep \| stock \| store \| subsidize \| suffuse \| supply \| support \| surround \| swaddle \| swathe \| swear in \| throne \| throw money around \| tire \| veil \| venture \| vest \| vest with \| wrap \| wrap about \| wrap up \| yield 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 Invest In Webster's Dictionary \Invest"\, 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. \Invest"\, v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.

Invest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Invest?

[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

Invest In Webster's Dictionary

\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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