Thesaurus: invest

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To put on.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To surround, accompany, or attend.
5. v. t. To confer; to give.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
9. v. make an investment
10. v. give qualities or abilities to
11. v. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
12. v. provide with power and authority