investure

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪnˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:

     Monks […] investured in their copes.

Noun

investure

1. (obsolete) investiture; investment
   • 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:

     they gained the Power of giving Investures, receiving Appeals to Rome, and of sending Legates to England

References

• “investure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• unrestive