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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Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Chorion :: Chorion (n.) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development..
Electrician :: Electrician (n.) An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.
Delegation :: Delegation (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates..
Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck..
Homage :: Homage (n.) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign..
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock..
Periosteum :: Periosteum (n.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
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..
Power :: Power (n.) The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity..
Disquisitive :: Disquisitive (a.) Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.
Blindly :: Blindly (adv.) Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one's own..
Incarnate :: Incarnate (a.) Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body..
Insearch :: Insearch (v. t.) To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.
Haloed :: Haloed (a.) Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.
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..
Inquirer :: Inquirer (n.) One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator.
Officer :: Officer (n.) One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer..
Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.
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..
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