INVEST


Meaning of INVEST in English

vt to put on.

2. invest ·vt to surround, accompany, or attend.

3. invest ·vt to confer; to give.

4. invest ·vi to make an investment; as, to invest in stocks;

— usually followed by in.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.