v. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: INITIATE 3, inaugurate, induct, install, instate
Related Words: endow, endue; consecrate, honor
Antonyms: divest, strip
2 to make a formal grant of power or authority FF1C; the Constitution invests the Congress with taxation powers FF1E;
Synonyms: authorize, empower, vest
Related Words: bequeath, endow
Contrasted Words: hold back, keep back, reserve, withhold
Antonyms: divest
3
Synonyms: ENFOLD 1, enclose, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, shroud, veil, wrap
4
Synonyms: BESIEGE , beleaguer, beset, blockade
5
Synonyms: INFUSE 1, imbue, ingrain, inoculate, leaven, steep, suffuse