- L. investireinvestitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. investir. See Vest
- 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.
- To put on.ObsCan not find one this girdle to invest.
- 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.
- To surround, accompany, or attend.Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt.
- To confer; to give.RIt investeth a right of government.
- MilTo 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.
- To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
- Hence: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.
