expend money or effort for future benefits; grant; empower, authorize; install, instate; cover, clothe; enthrone; adorn; endow with a characteristic; surround, besiege
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Invest Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Invest Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To surround, accompany, or attend.
To surround, accompany, or attend.
(v. t.)
To put on.
To put on.
(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.
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.
(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.
To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
(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.
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.
(v. t.)
To confer; to give.
To confer; to give.
(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.
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.
(v. i.)
To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
invest
\in*vest"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. invested; p. pr. & vb. n. investing.] [l. investire, investitum; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. f. investir. see vest.]
1. 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.
2. to put on. [obs.] can not find one this girdle to invest.
3. 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.
4. to surround, accompany, or attend. awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt.
5. to confer; to give. [r.] it investeth a right of government.
6. (mil.) 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.
7. to lay out (money or capital) in business with the &?;iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
invest
\in*vest"\ (?), v. i. to make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
invest
v
1. make an investment; "put money into bonds" [syn: put, commit, place]
[ant: divest]
2. give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue, gift, empower, endue]
3. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn: clothe, adorn]
4. provide with power and authority [syn: vest, enthrone]
[ant: divest]
5. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "we were inducted into the honor society" [syn: induct, seat]
Verb
1. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
(synonym) put, commit, place
(antonym) divest, disinvest
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
(hyponym) fund
(derivation) investment, investment funds
2. give qualities or abilities to
(synonym) endow, indue, gift, empower, endue
(hypernym) enable
(hyponym) cover
3. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
(synonym) clothe, adorn
(hypernym) equip, fit, fit out, outfit
(derivation) investment, investiture
4. provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
(synonym) vest, enthrone
(antonym) divest, disinvest
(hypernym) install
(hyponym) ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
(derivation) coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture
5. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
(synonym) induct, seat
(hypernym) install
Invest Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Invest Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Investment has different meanings in finance and economics. Finance investment is putting money into something with the expectation of gain, that upon thorough analysis, has a high degree of security for the principal amount, as well as security of return, within an expected period of time. In contrast putting money into something with an expectation of gain without thorough analysis, without security of principal, and without security of return is speculation or gambling. As such, those shareholders who fail to thoroughly analyze their stock purchases, such as owners of mutual funds, could well be called speculators. Indeed, given the efficient market hypothesis, which implies that a thorough analysis of stock data is irrational, all rational shareholders are, by definition, not investors, but speculators.
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Invest Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
