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Definition of INVEST
Invest Invest 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.
Invest Invest In*vest", v. i.
To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually
followed by in.
