01 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 …
imp. & p. p.
Invested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Investing
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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.
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To put on.[Obs.]“Can not find one this girdle to invest.” — Spenser.
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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.
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To surround, accompany, or attend.“Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt.” — Hawthorne.
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To confer; to give.[R.]“It investeth a right of government.” — Bacon.
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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.(Mil.)
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To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
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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.