Definition of invest

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Invest (v. t.) 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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Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..
Plant :: Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad..
Blindly :: Blindly (adv.) Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own..
Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation..
Coronation :: Coronation (n.) The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty..
Pervestigate :: Pervestigate (v. t.) To investigate thoroughly.
Vaginated :: Vaginated (a.) Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf..
Enrobe :: Enrobe (v. t.) To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.
Divest :: Divest (v. t.) To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest..
Funding :: Funding (a.) Investing in the public funds.
Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..
Principality :: Principality (n.) A prince; one invested with sovereignty.
Embark :: Embark (v. t.) To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade..
Fundholder :: Fundholder (a.) One who has money invested in the public funds.
Requisitor :: Requisitor (n.) One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts..
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) 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..
Private :: Private (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life..
Microtomy :: Microtomy (n.) The art of using the microtome; investigation carried on with the microtome.
Governess :: Governess (n.) A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes..
Halo :: Halo (n.) An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object..
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