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Webster 1913 Edition

Investure

In-ves′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
Investiture; investment.
[Obs.]
Bp. Burnet.

In-ves′ture

,
Verb.
T.
To clothe; to invest; to install.
[Obs.]
“Monks . . . investured in their copes.”
Fuller.

Definition 2024

investure

investure

English

Verb

investure ‎(third-person singular simple present investures, present participle investuring, simple past and past participle investured)

  1. (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
    • Fuller
      Monks […] investured in their copes.

Noun

investure

  1. (obsolete) investiture; investment
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