INVEST
\ɪnvˈɛst], \ɪnvˈɛst], \ɪ_n_v_ˈɛ_s_t]\
Definitions of INVEST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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give qualities or abilities to
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place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "We were inducted into the honor society"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To put on.
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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.
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To surround, accompany, or attend.
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To confer; to give.
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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.
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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.
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To lay out (money or capital) in business with the iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
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To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; - usually followed by in.
By Oddity Software
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To put on.
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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.
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To surround, accompany, or attend.
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To confer; to give.
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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.
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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.
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To lay out (money or capital) in business with the iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
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To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; - usually followed by in.
By Noah Webster.
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To formally grant power or authority to someone. For example, when the President of the United States is inaugurated, he is invested with all the powers of that office. To contribute money to a business venture, or to buy property or securities, with the intention and expectation of making a profit.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To put vesture on, to dress: to confer or give: to place in office or authority: to adorn: to surround: to block up: to lay seige to: to place, as property in business: to lay out money on.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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