Definition of invests in English

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invests, verb, present, 3rd person singular of invest (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb invests, investing, invested
invest - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
		put, commit, place
		disinvest, divest reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"
		expend, spend, drop pay out; "spend money"
		fund furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
		roll over make a rolling motion or turn; "The dog rolled over"
		shelter invest (money) so that it is not taxable
		tie up finish the last row
		job, speculate work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks"
		buy into buy stocks or shares of a company
invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
		vest, enthrone
		disinvest, divest reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"
		instal, install set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
		ordinate, consecrate, ordain, order render holy by means of religious rites
		coronate, crown be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"
		enthrone, throne put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"
		ordain issue an order
invest - furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
		clothe, adorn
		outfit, equip, fit out, fit provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"
invest - place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position; "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
		induct, seat
		instal, install set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
invest - give qualities or abilities to
		endow, indue, gift, empower, endue
		enable render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
		cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"

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Wiktionary

invest (Noun)
An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant named system.
invest (Verb)
To clothe or wrap with garments.
invest (Verb)
To envelop, wrap, cover.
invest (Verb)
To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
invest (Verb)
To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some benefit or purpose.
invest (Verb)
To ceremonially install someone in some office.
invest (Verb)
To formally give someone some power or authority.
invest (Verb)
To lay siege to.
invest (Verb)
To make investments.
invest (Verb)
To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold a mixture of a silica sand and plaster.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.
invest (v. t.)
To put on.
invest (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.
invest (v. t.)
To surround, accompany, or attend.
invest (v. t.)
To confer; to give.
invest (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.
invest (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.
invest (v. i.)
To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

invest
To use a resource (money, time, energy, etc.) with the expectation of obtaining something of greater value.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

invest
in-vest′, v.t. to put vesture on, to dress: to confer or give: to place in office or authority: to adorn: to surround: to block up: to lay siege to: to place: as property in business: to lay out money on.—adj. Inves′titive.—ns. Inves′titure, in feudal and ecclesiastical history, the act of giving corporal possession of a manor, office, or benefice, accompanied by a certain ceremonial, such as the delivery of a branch, a banner, &c., to signify the authority which it is supposed to convey; Invest′ment, the act of investing: a blockade: the act of surrounding or besieging: laying out money on: any placing of money to secure income or profit: that in which anything is invested: (Shak.) clothing; Inves′tor, one who invests. [L. investīre, -ītum—in, on, vestīre, to clothe.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

invest
To invest a place is to seize upon all the avenues leading to a town or fortress. On the occasion of an investment, the hostile troops are distributed on the principal commands, to prevent any succor from being received by the garrison, and to keep the ground until the rest of the army, with the artillery, can arrive to form a regular siege. To invest a place is, in fact, to take preparatory measures for a blockade or close siege.

Wikipedia

meteorology
An invest in meteorology (weather) (also INVEST) is a labelled area of bad weather that is being looked at for a possible tropical cyclone being made. Invests are labelled by three hurricane centers: the National Hurricane Center, Central Pacific Hurricane Center and Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The labelling of an area of bad weather as an invest does not always mean that a tropical cyclone will be started. Invests have numbers from 90 to 99, with a L in the Atlantic, E and C in the East and Central Pacific in that order, or W in the West Pacific after the number.