investion
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Noun[edit]
investion
- (obsolete) investiture
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
- We knew my Lord, before we brought the crowne,
Intending your inueſtion so neere,
The reſidence of your diſpiſed brother,
The Lord would not be too exaſperate,
To iniurie or ſuppreſſe your worthy tytle: […]