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Definition of Invest

1. Verb. Make an investment. "Put money into bonds"

2. Verb. Give qualities or abilities to.

3. Verb. Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors.

4. Verb. Provide with power and authority. "They vested the council with special rights"

5. Verb. Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position. "There was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

Definition of Invest

1. v. t. 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. v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.

Definition of Invest

1. to commit something of value for future profit [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Invest

1. 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. "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. "It investeth a right of government." (Bacon) 6. 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. Origin: L. Investire, investitum; pref. In- in + vestire to clothe, fr. Vestis clothing: cf. F. Investir. See Vest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Invest

inverters invertible invertible invertin invertin inverting invertins invertor invertor invertors

inverts invert soap invert sugar invert sugar invest (current term) invest (current term) investable invested invested with investigate

investigated investigates investigating investigation investigation investigational investigational new drug investigational new drug application investigations investigative

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