Invest /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Invested; p. pr. & vb. n. Investing

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.

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.

4. To surround, accompany, or attend.

   Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt.

5. To confer; to give. [R.]

   It investeth a right of government.

6. To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so as to intercept reinforcements of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. (Mil.)
7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
8. To expend (time, money, or other resources) with a view to obtaining some benefit of value in excess of that expended, or to achieve a useful pupose; as, to invest a lot of time in teaching one's children.

1. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.