invest

(ĭn-vĕst')

v., -vest·ed, -vest·ing, -vests.

v.tr.

1. To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return: invested their savings in stocks and bonds.
2. 1. To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit: invested much time and energy in getting a good education.
   2. To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit: "Men of our generation are invested in what they do, women in what we are" (Shana Alexander).
3. To endow with authority or power.
4. To install in office with ceremony: invest a new emperor.
5. To endow with an enveloping or pervasive quality: "A charm invests a face/Imperfectly beheld" (Emily Dickinson).
6. To clothe; adorn.
7. To cover completely; envelop.
8. To surround with troops or ships; besiege. See synonyms at besiege.

v.intr.
To make investments or an investment: invest in real estate.

[From Italian investire and from French investir, both from Latin investīre, to clothe, surround : in-, in; see in-² + vestīre, to clothe (from vestis, clothes).]

investable in·vest'a·ble adj.
investor in·ves'tor n.

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Transfer capital to an enterprise in order to secure income or profit for the investor.

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verb

1. To admit formally into membership or office, as with ritual: inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate. See accept/reject.
2. To present with a quality, trait, or power: dower, endow, endue, gift, gird. See give/take/reciprocity.
3. To put clothes on: apparel, attire, clothe, dress, garb, garment. Informal tog. See put on/take off.
4. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages: enfold, envelop, enwrap, infold, roll, swaddle, swathe, wrap, wrap up. See put on/take off.
5. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure: cloak, clothe, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, infold, shroud, veil, wrap. See show/hide.
6. To surround with hostile troops: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, siege. Idioms: lay siege to. See attack/defend.

v

Definition: contribute money to make money
Antonyms: divest, take out

v

Definition: give power or authority
Antonyms: divest, take away

v. archaic surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it: Fort Pulaski was invested and captured.

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To place capital in such a way that it is hoped will secure income or profit for the investor. See 12 F.
Supp. 245, 247.

The act of committing money or capital to an endeavor (a business, project, real estate, etc.) with the expectation of obtaining an additional income or profit. Investing also can include the amount of time you put into the study of a prospective company, especially since time is money. 

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IN BRIEF: To use money to buy something that will make more money.

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to. — Marian Wright Edelman, African-American social reformer.

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(invest')
v

To surround, envelop, or embed in an investment material; for example, a gypsum product.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - investere, sætte penge i, anbringe, indskyde
v. intr. - købe, flotte sig, spendere, udstyre med, forsyne med

idioms:

• invest with    udstyre med, forsyne med

Nederlands (Dutch)
investeren, geld beleggen, omsingelen, belegeren

Français (French)
v. tr. - investir, placer, consacrer (à), investir qn de, investir (un président), élever qn au rang de, (Mil) investir
v. intr. - (Fin) investir, placer (de l'argent), investir dans (une société), acheter/investir dans (une voiture)

idioms:

• invest with    investir (qn) de, attribuer (à), (fig) revêtir

Deutsch (German)
v. - investieren, anlegen, ausstatten, einsetzen, belagern

idioms:

• invest with    verleihen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επενδύω, παρέχω, αναθέτω αξίωμα

idioms:

• invest with    παρέχω

Italiano (Italian)
investire, assediare

idioms:

• be invested with    essere investito di
• invest with    investire di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - investir, conferir (título), cercar

idioms:

• be invested with    estar investido com
• invest with    conferir

Русский (Russian)
вкладывать деньги, облачать

idioms:

• be invested with    быть облеченным полномочиями
• invest with    наделять полномочиями, снабжать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - invertir, cercar, sitiar, envolver
v. intr. - invertir dinero, hacer una inversión

idioms:

• invest with    dotar, revestir, adornar, otorgar, investir con

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - investera, satsa (äv. bildl.), installera, omringa, kläda

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
投资, 授予, 花费

idioms:

• invest with    授予

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 投資, 授予, 花費
v. intr. - 投資

idioms:

• invest with    授予

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 투자하다, ~에게 입히다, 둘러싸다
v. intr. - 투자하다, 돈을 쓰다, 사다

idioms:

• invest with    ~을 둘러싸다, ~에게 수여하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 投資する, 費やす, 授ける, 持たせる, 買う, 覆う, 包む, 包囲する, 着せる

idioms:

• be invested with    付与される
• invest with    …をまとわせるを授ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستثمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כיתר, שם מצור על, העניק, כיסה כבגד, הפקיד בידי‬
v. intr. - ‮השקיע, רכש, קנה‬

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