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Invest
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(v. t.) To put on.
(5):
(v. i.) To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; - usually followed by in.
(6):
(v. t.) To surround, accompany, or attend.
(7):
(v. t.) To confer; to give.
(8):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Invest'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/i/invest.html. 1828.
