to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
2.
to use (money), as in accumulating something: to invest large sums in books.
3.
to use, give, or devote (time, talent, etc.), as for a purpose or to achieve something: He invested a lot of time in helping retarded children.
4.
to furnish with power, authority, rank, etc.: The Constitution invests the president with the power of veto.
5.
to furnish or endow with a power, right, etc.; vest: Feudalism invested the lords with absolute authority over their vassals.
6.
to endow with a quality or characteristic: to invest a friend with every virtue.
7.
to infuse or belong to, as a quality or characteristic: Goodness invests his every action.
8.
Metallurgy. to surround (a pattern) with an investment.
9.
to provide with the insignia of office.
10.
to install in an office or position.
11.
to clothe, attire, or dress.
12.
to cover, adorn, or envelop: Spring invests the trees with leaves.
13.
to surround (a place) with military forces or works so as to prevent approach or escape; besiege.
–verb (used without object)
14.
to invest money; make an investment: to invest in oil stock.
[Origin: 1525–35; < ML investīre to install, invest (money), surround, clothe in, L: to clothe in, equiv. to in-in-2+ vestīre to clothe, deriv. of vestis garment; see vest]
To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.
To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.
To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are"(Shana Alexander).
To endow with authority or power.
To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.
To endow with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face/Imperfectly beheld"(Emily Dickinson).
To clothe; adorn.
To cover completely; envelop.
To surround with troops or ships; besiege. See Synonyms at besiege.
v.
intr.
To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate.
[From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investīre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see in-2 + vestīre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes; see wes-2 in Indo-European roots).]
1387 (implied in investiture), "to clothe in the official robes of an office," from L. investire "to clothe in, cover, surround," from in "in, into" + vestire "to dress, clothe" (see wear). The meaning "use money to produce profit" first attested 1613 in connection with the East Indies trade, and is probably a borrowing of It. investire (13c.) from the same L. root, via the notion of giving one's capital a new form. The military meaning "to besiege" is from 1600.
(within) to put (money) into (a firm or business) usually by buying shares in it, in order to make a profit Example: He invested (two hundred dollars) in a building firm.
Arabic:
يُوَظِّف مالا، يَسْتَثْمِر
Chinese (Simplified):
投（资）
Chinese (Traditional):
投(資)
Czech:
investovat
Danish:
investere
Dutch:
investeren
Estonian:
investeerima
Finnish:
sijoittaa
French:
investir, placer
German:
investieren
Greek:
επενδύω
Hungarian:
beruház, befektet
Indonesian:
menanam modal
Japanese:
投資する
Korean:
(…에) 투자하다
Latvian:
investēt; ieguldīt
Lithuanian:
įdėti, investuoti
Norwegian:
investere, plassere
Polish:
inwestować
Portuguese (Brazil):
investir
Portuguese (Portugal):
investir
Romanian:
a investi; a plasa
Russian:
инвестировать
Slovak:
investovať
Slovenian:
vložiti
Spanish:
invertir
Swedish:
investera
Turkish:
yatırım yapmak
invest[inˈvest]verb
to establish (a person) officially in a position of authority etc Example: The governor will be invested next week.
Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. Wretches divested of every moral feeling. --Goldsmith. The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. --Earle. 3. (Law) See Devest. --Mozley & W.
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.
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