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Invest - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Invest : (verb)
1: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: put, commit,
place] [ant: divest]
2: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift,
empower, endue]
3: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn:
clothe, adorn]
4: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council
with special rights" [syn: vest, enthrone] [ant: divest]
5: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;
"there was a ceremony to induct the president of the
Academy" [syn: induct, seat]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Invest : \In*vest"\, v. i.
To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually
followed by in.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Invest : Invest: In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Invest |
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kivalendactivts: Accenture Foundation, Chicago IL, US has given loan amount of 3000 to Tameem, Nablus, Palestine.
Reason: To Invest in more chicks and feed |
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