underinvest
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.
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Origin:
1525–35; < Medieval Latin investīre to install, invest (money), surround, clothe in, Latin: to clothe in, equivalent to in- in-2 + vestīre to clothe, derivative of vestis garment; see vest
1525–35; < Medieval Latin investīre to install, invest (money), surround, clothe in, Latin: to clothe in, equivalent to in- in-2 + vestīre to clothe, derivative of vestis garment; see vest
Related forms
in·ves·tor, noun
non·in·ves·tor, noun
o·ver·in·vest, verb
pre·in·vest, verb (used with object)
re·in·vest, verb (used with object)
un·der·in·vest, verb (used without object)
un·der·in·vest·ed, adjective
un·in·vest·ed, adjective
well-in·vest·ed, adjective
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invest (ɪnˈvɛst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by in) (often foll by in) (foll by with) (foll by in) | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | to devote (effort, resources, etc, to a project) |
| 3. | archaic chiefly (tr; |
| 4. | to install formally or ceremoniously (in an official position, rank, etc) |
| 5. | (tr; |
| 6. | (tr; usually passive; |
| 7. | poetic usually to cover or adorn, as if with a coat or garment: when spring invests the trees with leaves |
| 8. | rare (tr) to surround with military forces; besiege |
| 9. | informal to purchase; buy |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin investīre to clothe, from Latin, from vestīre, from vestis a garment] | |
| in'vestable | |
| —adj | |
| in'vestible | |
| —adj | |
| in'vestor | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
invest
late 14c., "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 1610s 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 c.1600.
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