Definition of invest

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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..

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Investor :: Investor (n.) One who invests.
Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about..
Philosophize :: Philosophize (v. i.) To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence..
Investive :: Investive (a.) Investing.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory..
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..
Prebendate :: Prebendate (v. t.) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.
Indagative :: Indagative (a.) Searching; exploring; investigating.
Carnate :: Carnate (a.) Invested with, or embodied in, flesh..
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..
Accredit :: Accredit (v. t.) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
Chronologer :: Chronologer (n.) A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology.
Disinvestiture :: Disinvestiture (n.) The act of depriving of investiture.
Resultless :: Resultless (a.) Being without result; as, resultless investigations..
Indue :: Indue (v. t.) To clothe; to invest; hence, to endow; to furnish; to supply with moral or mental qualities..
Impatronization :: Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.
Legislature :: Legislature (n.) The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
Rehabilitate :: Rehabilitate (v. t.) To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law..
Incarn :: Incarn (v. t.) To cover or invest with flesh.
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses..
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