invest

Meaning of invest

verb
  1. 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
  2. provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute).
    the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour
  3. clothe or cover with a garment.
    he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling
  4. 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.
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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:

put, commit, place

Meaning endow:

endow, indue, gift, empower, endue

Meaning clothe:

clothe, adorn

Meaning vest:

vest, enthrone

Meaning induct:

induct, seat

Meaning provide with money for a particular purpose:

fund

Meaning give financial, material, or moral support to:

back

Meaning provide funding for (a person or enterprise):

finance

Meaning sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs:

underwrite

Meaning support (an organization or activity) financially:

subsidize

Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:

support

Meaning inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality):

imbue

Meaning fill; pervade:

infuse

Meaning permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality:

perfuse

Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:

charge

Meaning (of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular:

steep

Meaning cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed:

saturate

Meaning gradually spread through or over:

suffuse

Meaning (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of:

pervade

Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:

fill

Meaning surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender:

besiege

Meaning cause problems or difficulties for:

beleaguer

Meaning (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently:

beset

Meaning be all round (someone or something):

surround

Meaning surround or close off on all sides:

enclose

Translation of invest

Anagrams of invest

Stevin

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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