'Invest' definitions:

Definition of 'invest'

From: WordNet
verb
Make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, put, commit, place] [ant: disinvest, divest]
verb
Give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue]
verb
Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn: invest, clothe, adorn]
verb
Provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" [syn: invest, vest, enthrone] [ant: disinvest, divest]
verb
Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy" [syn: induct, invest, seat]

Definition of 'Invest'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To put on. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Can not find one this girdle to invest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I do invest you jointly with my power. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To surround, accompany, or attend. [1913 Webster]
  • Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To confer; to give. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • It investeth a right of government. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so as to intercept reinforcements of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Hence: To expend (time, money, or other resources) with a view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a lot of time in teaching one's children. [PJC]

Definition of 'Invest'

From: GCIDE
  • Invest \In*vest"\, v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'invest'

From: Moby Thesaurus