(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.
