invest
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[edit] Etymology 1
From French investir, from Latin investio (“‘to clothe, cover’”), from in- (“‘in, on’”) + vestio (“‘to clothe, dress’”) < vestis (“‘clothing’”); see vest.
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to invest (third-person singular simple present invests, present participle investing, simple past and past participle invested)
- (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- 1667: Night / Invests the Sea, and wished Morn delayes — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 207-8
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some benefit or purpose.
- We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To formally give someone some power or authority.
- To lay siege to.
- (intransitive): To make investments.
- To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
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terms derived from invest (verb)
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to commit money...
to spend money, time...
to make investments
[edit] Etymology 2
From investigate, by shortening
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invest (plural invests)
- (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
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- Anagrams of einstv
- ventis