'Invest' definitions:
Definition of 'invest'
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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
- 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
Words containing 'Invest'
- Invested,
- Investing,
- Investive,
- Investment,
- investment adviser,
- investment advisor,
- investment banker,
- investment company,
- investment firm,
- investment funds,
- investment letter,
- investment reserve,
- investment trust,
- return on investment,
- fixed investment trust,
- foreign direct investment,
- return on invested capital,
- unit investment trust,
- real estate investment trust,
- closed-end investment company,
- open-end investment company