Invest

·vt To put on.

II. Invest ·vt To surround, accompany, or attend.

III. Invest ·vt To Confer; to Give.

IV. Invest ·vi To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks;

— usually followed by in.

V. Invest ·vt To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.

VI. Invest ·vt 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.

VII. Invest ·vt 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.

VIII. Invest ·vt 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.