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in⋅vest

  [in-vest]
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–verb (used with object)
1. 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

Related forms:
in⋅ves⋅tor, noun
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in·vest   (ĭn-věst')   
v.   in·vest·ed, in·vest·ing, in·vests

v.   tr.

  1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.

    1. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.

    2. 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).

  3. To endow with authority or power.

  4. To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.

  5. To endow with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face/Imperfectly beheld" (Emily Dickinson).

  6. To clothe; adorn.

  7. To cover completely; envelop.

  8. 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).]
in·vest'a·ble adj., in·ves'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

invest 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·vest
Pronunciation: in-'vest
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Medieval Latin investire, from Latin, to clothe, from in- in + vestis garment
1 : to install in an office or position
2 a : to furnish with or formally grant power or authority b : to grant someone control or authority over : VEST

Main Entry: invest
Function: verb
Etymology: Italian investire to clothe, invest money, from Latin, to clothe
transitive verb 1 : to commit (money) in order to earn a financial return
2 : to make use of for future benefits or advantages intransitive verb : to commit funds or purchase something of intrinsic value for future gain : make an investment —often used with in <investing in precious metals> —in·ves·tor noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·vest
Pronunciation: in-'vest
Function: transitive verb
1 : to envelop or cover completely investsthe lung>
2 : to endow with a quality or characteristic invests the external world with his … ideas and feelings—Structure & Meaning of Psychoanalysis>
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