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English Dictionary: invest by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
invest
v
  1. make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, put, commit, place]
    Antonym(s): disinvest, divest
  2. give qualities or abilities to
    Synonym(s): endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endue
  3. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
    Synonym(s): invest, clothe, adorn
  4. provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
    Synonym(s): invest, vest, enthrone
    Antonym(s): disinvest, divest
  5. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
    Synonym(s): induct, invest, seat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Invest \In*vest"\, v. i.
      To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually
      followed by in.
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