invest
Meaning of invest
verb
- put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit.
the company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at Linlithglow
getting workers to invest in private pension funds
- provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute).
the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour
- clothe or cover with a garment.
he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling
- surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it.
Fort Pulaski was invested and captured
mid 16th century (in the senses ‘clothe’, ‘clothe with the insignia of a rank’, and ‘endow with authority’): from French investir or Latin investire, from in- ‘into, upon’ + vestire ‘clothe’ (from vestis ‘clothing’). invest (sense 1) (early 17th century) is influenced by Italian investire .
Information about invest
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of invest is: invests.
- Languages in which invest is used:
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Hyphenation of invest
in-vest
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- invest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
invest synonyms
Meaning put:
Meaning endow:
endow, indue, gift, empower, endue
Meaning clothe:
Meaning vest:
Meaning induct:
Meaning provide with money for a particular purpose:
Meaning give financial, material, or moral support to:
Meaning provide funding for (a person or enterprise):
Meaning sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs:
Meaning support (an organization or activity) financially:
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
Meaning inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality):
Meaning fill; pervade:
Meaning permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning (of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular:
Meaning cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed:
Meaning gradually spread through or over:
Meaning (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of:
Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:
Meaning surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender:
Meaning cause problems or difficulties for:
Meaning (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently:
Meaning be all round (someone or something):
Meaning surround or close off on all sides:
Translation of invest
- Italian: collocare, investire
- French: investir
- Spanish: invertir
- German: investieren
Anagrams of invest
Words that rhyme with invest
vest, bravest, favest, gravest, suavest, travest, devest, lievest, revest, sobrevest, steevest, stievest, divest, livest, naivest, positivest, Sylvest, circumvest, disinvest, overinvest, preinvest, reinvest, unvest, ovest, Harvest, harvest, overharvest, postharvest, preharvest, reharvest, undervest, transvest, mauvest
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