Definition of invest

• v. t. - To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.
• v. t. - To put on.
• v. t. - To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate.
• v. t. - To surround, accompany, or attend.
• v. t. - To confer; to give.
• v. t. - To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.
• v. t. - To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
• v. i. - To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.