invest
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Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From French investir, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest.
Verb [edit]
invest (third-person singular simple present invests, present participle investing, simple past and past participle invested)
- (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- He was but shabbily apparelled in faded jacket and patched trowsers; a rag of a black handkerchief investing his neck.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- 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.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from invest (verb)
Translations [edit]
to clothe or wrap with garments — see clothe
to commit resources in the hope of financial gain
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to spend money, time, effort into sthg
to ceremonially install into office
to formally give power
to lay siege to
to make investments
Etymology 2 [edit]
From investigate, by shortening
Noun [edit]
invest (plural invests)
- (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
