Definition of invest

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Invest (v. t.) 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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Incarnate :: Incarnate (a.) Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern..
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) 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..
Enfeoffment :: Enfeoffment (n.) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
Impatronization :: Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.
Investment :: Investment (n.) The act of investing, or the state of being invested..
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t. ) To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n..
Chronologer :: Chronologer (n.) A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology.
Flambeau :: Flambeau (n.) A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch..
Crowned :: Crowned (p. p. & a.) Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected..
Investment :: Investment (n.) The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested..
Capital :: Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a..
Funding :: Funding (a.) Investing in the public funds.
Indicate :: Indicate (v. t.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator..
Inquirer :: Inquirer (n.) One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator.
Thermochemistry :: Thermochemistry (n.) That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions..
Disinvestiture :: Disinvestiture (n.) The act of depriving of investiture.
Profound :: Profound (a.) Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom..
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
Propertied :: Propertied (a.) Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money..
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