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 on.
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 surround, accompany, or
attend.
To confer; to give.
To inclose; to surround or
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 lay out (money or capital) in business
with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest
money in bank stock.
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