invest
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.
Definitions
To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose
To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
- The authors predicted that when believers were deeply invested in a world view that had social support, believers would maintain their beliefs even when actual events disproved their worldview.
- We did not spend. We invested. [CEO Jeff Housenbold: He's learning!] I invest. Yes, I invested. I invested in a city for the contestants.
To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- He was but shabbily apparelled in faded jacket and patched trowsers; a rag of a black handkerchief investing his neck.
To put on (clothing).
- Cannot find one this girdle to invest!
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To envelop, wrap, cover.
- Night / Invests the Sea, and wished Morn delayes
To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
To ceremonially install someone in some office.
To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- Madam, whatſoeuer you eſteeme Of this ſucceſſe, and loſſe vnualued, Both may inueſt you Empreſſe of the Eaſt: […]
- I do invest you jointly with my power.
To formally give (power or authority).
- For he saith, if there can be found such an inequality between man and man, as there is between man and beast, or between soul and body, it investeth a right of government: which seemeth rather an impossible case than an untrue sentence.
To surround, accompany, or attend.
- The scene was not without a mixture of awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt and shame in a fellow-creature, before society shall have grown corrupt enough to smile, instead of shuddering, at it.
To lay siege to.
- to invest a town
To make investments.
To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica…
To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
To cause to be involved in
To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
- From early on in his career, Zola's work as a critic revealed just how heavily he was invested in the literary “dream of stone.”
- She knew from watching him grow up that he didn't let that many people too close to him, but once he did, he was invested in that relationship.
- We decided that it was because he trusted the core beliefs of the Conservative Party, and he was invested in their vision of change in the NorthWest of England where he comes from.
To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.
A designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for potential tropical…
A designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for potential tropical cyclone development.
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A definitional loop anchored at invest. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at invest. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at invest
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA