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Webster 1913 Edition

Invest

In-vest′

,
Verb.
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
.
Spenser.
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.
Shakespeare
4.
To surround, accompany, or attend.
Awe such as must always
invest
the spectacle of the guilt.
Hawthorne.
5.
To confer; to give.
[R.]
It
investeth
a right of government.
Bacon.
6.
(Mil.)
To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so as to intercept reinforcements 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 view of obtaining an income or profit;
as, to
invest
money in bank stock
.

In-vest′

,
Verb.
I.
To make an investment;
as, to
invest
in stocks
; – usually followed by in.

Webster 1828 Edition

Invest

INVEST'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. investio; in and vestio, to clothe. See Vest.]
1.
To clothe; to dress; to put garments on; to array; usually and most correctly followed by with, before the thing put on; as, to invest one with a mantle or robe. In this sense, it is used chiefly in poetry and elevated prose, not in colloquial discourse.
2.
To clothe with office or authority; to place in possession of an office, rank or dignity; as, to invest a person with a civil office, or with an ecclesiastical dignity.
3.
To adorn; to grace; as, to invest with honor.
4.
To clothe; to surround; as, to be invested with light, splendor or glory.
5.
To confer; to give. [Little used.]
6.
To inclose; to surround; to block up, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.
7.
To clothe money in something permanent or less fleeting; as, to invest money in funded or bank stock; to invest it in lands or goods. In this application, it is always followed by in.

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